WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:04.679 WWE was in Paris for the final ple here in 2 00:00:04.719 --> 00:00:08.640 the month of August, the final ple on Peacock, thirty 3 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:13.000 thousand fans in the La Defense Arena, the all time 4 00:00:13.119 --> 00:00:15.679 gate record, they said. They announced this during the show 5 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:20.879 and everybody cheered because we set the all time gate record. 6 00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:25.640 So they're very expensive tickets. Apparently everybody was very happy 7 00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:28.160 about that. That will never get old. That will never 8 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:31.519 get old. Nothing like bragging about how much money you 9 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:34.200 charge people and when you set the all time gate record, 10 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:35.759 they all cheer you for it. But that's what we 11 00:00:35.840 --> 00:00:38.479 got here tonight that they were also on Peacock for 12 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:41.920 the final time for a main roster ple. The NXT 13 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:44.560 shows will be continuing on Peacock if you did not 14 00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:50.399 know from now on Don's ESPN, starting with Wressell Palooza 15 00:00:50.479 --> 00:00:53.359 in a few weeks and tonight in the main event 16 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:56.679 without anybody out there to help him, Paul Hayman taking 17 00:00:56.759 --> 00:01:00.359 out bron Breaker Bronson Reed banned from the building. Seth 18 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:04.680 Rollins was all by himself defending the World Heavyweight Championship 19 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:07.879 in a fatal four way match against CM Punk, La 20 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:11.280 Knight and jay Uso. He was going to go it alone. 21 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:14.920 Except he didn't and the big reveal at the end 22 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:18.079 of the show, because there were some murmurs going on 23 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:21.439 about them maybe having some kind of big reveal or 24 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:23.239 some kind of big angle here for the end of 25 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:26.200 the show. I tried to stay away from that, but 26 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:30.000 I saw that was floating around turned out to be 27 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.079 Becky Lynch dressed like a ninja. Remember years ago when 28 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:38.840 we had this influx of ninjas in WWE, everybody dressing 29 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:42.040 up like a ninja. The ninja tonight turned out to 30 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:45.760 be Becky Lynch coming to her husband's aid. Seth Rollins 31 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:49.239 stomps cm punk. I've lost track of how many times 32 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:52.400 he has stomped this man's face into the ground, going 33 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:55.359 back to the beginning of the year, It's happened a lot. 34 00:01:56.159 --> 00:01:59.640 And he pinned cm punk to retain the World Heavyweight 35 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:04.120 champion ship. You know, I don't hate pairing Becky Lynch 36 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:07.959 and Seth Rollins together on TV. I don't you know. 37 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:10.240 There was a time many years ago when Vince McMahon 38 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:13.120 put them together on TV as baby faces, and it 39 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:17.680 was an absolute fail. Seriously, it just it did not work. 40 00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:20.960 It made Becky, who was this cool character at the time, 41 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:26.000 just made her so uncool. This is different though now 42 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:30.280 they're both heels. Becky has been very entertaining largely since 43 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:34.199 coming back and going heel and this Intercontinental title run 44 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:36.520 that she's been on. So I don't know if the 45 00:02:36.599 --> 00:02:39.120 idea is to keep them together as a permanent pairing. 46 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:42.000 If Becky Lynch is now officially a member of the Vision, 47 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:44.000 we don't know that it could have just been a 48 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:47.800 one night only thing because Seth had nobody else and 49 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:51.560 so his wife came to the rescue here. I suspect 50 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:53.719 that we will get them on television for a while. 51 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:56.560 I don't think it's a one night thing. But whether 52 00:02:56.680 --> 00:02:58.280 or not that makes her an official member of the 53 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:02.120 Vision or not, I hope so, I actually hope so. 54 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:04.960 I think getting a female voice in there is not 55 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:07.960 a bad idea. Becky is the most obvious person in 56 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:12.520 that spot, so I didn't mind that so much. Outside 57 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:14.240 of what happened there at the end, that being the 58 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:16.960 most newsworthy element of the match, the main event didn't 59 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:20.719 do anything for me. You know what did though, John 60 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:24.479 Cena and Logan Paul Because a couple of weeks ago 61 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:27.439 on SmackDown, John Cena went out there on TV, and 62 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:30.400 he got the best promo of his entire retirement run. 63 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:33.520 I mean he went out there and he put over 64 00:03:33.639 --> 00:03:37.199 Logan Paul, but he also laced into him and like 65 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:40.199 a surgeon, you know, with a scalpel, and he was 66 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:43.199 taking him apart, piece by piece in a way that 67 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:45.599 we haven't seen John Cena do on the MIC in 68 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:48.360 a very long time. And then on SmackDown this week, 69 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:50.560 he had another very strong promo, not as good as 70 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:53.400 the week before, but it was the promo work that 71 00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:56.840 really got me invested in this match, as invested as 72 00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:59.639 I could be in a John Cena Logan Paul match. 73 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:03.639 And then these two guys went out there for twenty 74 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:08.479 six minutes and they threw everything at each other that 75 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:12.240 they could possibly throw. They stole every move that they 76 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:17.560 possibly could from other people that John Cena has wrestled, 77 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:21.720 wrestlers and other companies. I mean, that's a Logan Paul thing. Anyway, 78 00:04:22.519 --> 00:04:25.360 they threw everything at each other for twenty six minutes. 79 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:28.639 I will say it hit me when the match was over. 80 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:32.360 John Cena just wrapped up the month of August with 81 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:36.720 the two best matches of his entire retirement runs so far, 82 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:41.439 one of which was a thirty seven minute banger with 83 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:44.279 Cody Rhoades. The other one was a twenty six minute 84 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:49.279 match here on this show with Logan Paul. Now, imagine 85 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:52.839 if we would have gotten this John Cena instead of 86 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:55.639 what we got with that failed heel run for five 87 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:59.560 months almost half of John Cena's retirement year, feels like 88 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:04.079 it was. But in the month of August here we 89 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:05.959 got two matches that John Cena was able to go 90 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:07.800 out there and almost turn back the hands of time 91 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:10.279 and show that, you know what, he's not totally washed. 92 00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:12.519 You know, he still may not be the John Cena 93 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:16.000 of twenty fifteen, that was ten years ago. I'm not 94 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:18.680 saying he's that same guy. He isn't, and he hasn't 95 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:20.920 been for a while. But there was a period of 96 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:23.279 time there, especially during the early part of the heel rung, 97 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:25.759 where it just looked like John Cena had regressed so 98 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:29.839 much that unless he was in the ring with somebody 99 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:31.160 who was going to be able to go out there 100 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:34.439 and really just carry the load, does he even have 101 00:05:34.519 --> 00:05:37.040 it in him to have a singles match that long 102 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:39.399 thirty seven minutes, twenty six minutes. If you would have 103 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:41.160 told me that a month and a half ago, two 104 00:05:41.240 --> 00:05:43.519 months ago, that John Cen is going to go out 105 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:46.439 there and have matches that are that long. Believe me, 106 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:48.079 those would have been the last matches in the car 107 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:50.639 that I would have been looking forward to seeing. I'm like, 108 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:52.480 what are you out of your mind? You're gonna send 109 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:56.040 John Cena out there in a singles match for twenty 110 00:05:56.079 --> 00:06:00.000 six minutes. But he's proven a lot of people wrong 111 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:01.920 this month, and a lot of it does come down 112 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:03.920 to who he's in the ring with. Cody Rhades did 113 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:05.959 a great job in their match together at Summer Slim. 114 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:10.040 Logan Paul carried his end of the bargain, did a 115 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:11.759 great job in this match as well, just like he 116 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:13.720 did earlier in the month at Summer Slim in the 117 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:17.279 tag team match when he beat Jelly Roll, who was 118 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:19.920 there tonight. Jelly Roll was there in the front row. 119 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:24.519 The John Cena Logan Paul match was the match of 120 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:27.639 the night. The second best match of the night belongs 121 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:30.439 to Seamus and Russev, who had a good old fashioned 122 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:33.399 Donnie Brook match. I applaud both men for at least 123 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:36.959 getting a pl E spot. I mean, they couldn't get 124 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:39.519 a PLA match if they would have held Triple H 125 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:41.560 at gunpoint, but they got one here and they made 126 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:44.560 the most of it. We also had Becky Lynch and 127 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:47.519 Nikki Bella, which was the exact opposite of what we 128 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:49.879 got in those two matches. It was easily the worst 129 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:52.319 thing on the entire show. And then we had the 130 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:54.800 WWE tag team titles were on the line. We had 131 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:58.959 Roman Reigns in Bronson Reid. They had a match Roman 132 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:01.439 trying to get his shoes back, and it was all 133 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:03.439 to build to a big injury angle when the match 134 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:06.040 was over. Because Roman has to go film Street Fighter. 135 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:07.920 He's got a go away for a while. In fact, 136 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:10.399 he's going to be gone basically the entire month of September. 137 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:13.040 I think his last day of filming is supposed to 138 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:16.839 be September twenty sixth. So this was their way of 139 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:20.480 sending him on his way by having him destroyed by 140 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:24.680 Seth's goons and do a stretcher job and he was 141 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:27.639 taken out of the building. So that's how that ended there. 142 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:32.560 This was a two match show. Sena and Logan and 143 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:35.600 the good old fashioned Donnie Brook and the rest was 144 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:39.759 pretty average stuff. It was newsworthy for the little twist 145 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:42.519 at the end there with Becky Lynch, which is going 146 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:46.000 to get a lot of people rightfully makes sense right 147 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:50.319 talking about the potential for an aj Lee return. People 148 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:52.959 have been asking me about aj Lee for the last 149 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:56.959 couple of years since Punk came back. Is she coming back? 150 00:07:57.040 --> 00:07:58.279 Is she going to be in the rumble? Is she 151 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:00.800 going to be an evolution? I've got so many questions. 152 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:03.120 I've seen so many tweets online about aj Lee over 153 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:06.240 the last few years, and it never happens. You know, 154 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:09.720 it never comes to fruition. This is the first time 155 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:13.079 where there's a built in storyline just ready in waiting 156 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:15.360 that makes all the sense in the world for her 157 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:17.360 to be there. I don't know if she is or not. 158 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:19.759 If you were to ask me, do I think this 159 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:22.560 is where she comes in? I think it is. But 160 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:24.920 anybody who tells you they know for sure until it 161 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:27.759 gets reported by a reputable outlet is lying to you. 162 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:30.720 They don't know for sure, because if she really truly 163 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:32.720 wanted to come back, she would have been back by now. 164 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:35.120 But boy, based on what they did here on this show, 165 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:37.960 it sure feels like there's a mixed tag team match 166 00:08:38.039 --> 00:08:42.000 just waiting right there. It's ready in waiting. All they 167 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:43.799 need is the high sign in the green light from 168 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:46.519 aj Lee that she's ready to come on in and 169 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:49.679 we'll talk about things that happened and what was said 170 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:54.159 in the main event by Seth Rollins. That seems to 171 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:58.399 indicate that that's probably what we're gonna get. But again, 172 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:01.120 outside of those two matches and a couple of newsworthy 173 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:04.480 things with the Roman injury angle and the Becky stuff 174 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:07.600 at the end, not a show that you really need 175 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:09.519 to go out of your way to see. Pretty average 176 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:13.440 stuff otherwise, And so ends the Peacock Era when it 177 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:16.919 comes to these shows, and the Peacock Era doesn't really 178 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:19.559 go out with a whimper. It doesn't really go out 179 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:22.799 with a bang, if I had to describe it. It 180 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:27.600 goes out with more of a shoulder shrug. This is 181 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:30.919 your clash in Paris, twenty twenty five review. I Am 182 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:33.440 the Solemn Monster. It is the final day of August. 183 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:37.720 It is Sunday, August thirty first, twenty twenty five. I 184 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:40.000 Am the Solemn Monster. Thank you for hanging out with 185 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:44.000 me here on a Sunday. Usually its sound off Sunday 186 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:47.000 podcast went up a day early because of this show. 187 00:09:47.679 --> 00:09:51.000 Back to back weekends of Sunday afternoon pay per views. 188 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:54.960 Hit that subscribe button, hit that like button. We do 189 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:57.159 have a goal going in the chat. If we want 190 00:09:57.200 --> 00:09:59.600 to do potentially a bonus round to be the booker, 191 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:01.480 to yet be the booker, we need at least four 192 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:04.200 hundred likes here on the stream, So hit that thumbs up. 193 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:08.600 I did mention also super chats are open if your 194 00:10:08.600 --> 00:10:11.360 messages come on in. I'll be reading those. A little 195 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:14.559 bit later on, I mentioned the SoundOff went up a 196 00:10:14.600 --> 00:10:17.360 day early. One of the things talked about on the show, 197 00:10:17.519 --> 00:10:20.200 very interesting question that was submitted as part of the 198 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:24.799 mailbag is Roman Reign's a hypocrite for saying in a 199 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:28.159 recent interview with Stephanie McMahon that it was easier to 200 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:30.799 get over as a top star in the Attitude era 201 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:34.159 that it's a lot harder today to get over as 202 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:37.480 a top star in WWE. It's a very interesting question 203 00:10:38.360 --> 00:10:41.759 I talked about that. That's one of many things covered 204 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:44.639 on episode nine twenty seven. We have not had the 205 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:46.639 chance to listen to yet. You can do so when 206 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:49.840 we are done here with this review. So let's get 207 00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:53.080 into it. Here. They were in Paris, France. They had 208 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:56.759 a custom Eiffel tower. You know, it's rare these days 209 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:59.159 outside of WrestleMania that you get any kind of custom 210 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:03.879 they just designed. It's just everything is just so bland, 211 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:07.120 and there's just a sameness to it all. They don't 212 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:10.279 put the same level of effort, and you know, obviously 213 00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:12.399 I'm sure it cost them a pretty penny to put 214 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:14.840 these together, but you just don't see that effort being 215 00:11:14.840 --> 00:11:17.559 put in much anymore. So I can appreciate it, and 216 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:19.360 I want to call it out when they do it 217 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:21.240 because I think it's really cool and I wish it's 218 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:23.960 something they would do more of when they do some 219 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:27.200 kind of custom element for the sets, especially if it 220 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:29.960 ties into the location, and they did that here. They 221 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:33.320 had a custom Eiffel tower entranceway for the talent when 222 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:36.919 they walked out to the ring. Again, I will I 223 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:41.559 will be first in line to lobby for custom entrances 224 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:47.840 here for these shows custom sets. They opened with Roman 225 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:52.240 Reigns jerking the curtain here on this show, but I mean, 226 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:54.080 obviously for what happened in the main event, it kind 227 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:56.639 of had to happen this way, one on one with 228 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:59.919 Bronson Reid. Whereas they call it the tribal chief again, 229 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:05.279 the tribal thief. Roman coming out got that megastar reaction 230 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:08.080 as you would expect. They sang to him, they showed 231 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:11.279 jelly roll post malone. They were sitting in the front row, 232 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:15.799 right behind the announcers. So early in the match, Roman 233 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:18.919 lifted Reid up on his shoulders almost, you know, like 234 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:22.799 in a Samoan drop position, but he did so very slowly, 235 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:26.759 couldn't support his weight, collapsed under the weight. You know, 236 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:29.080 Bronton Reid has actually slimmed down quite a bit. I'm 237 00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:31.159 not saying he's not a big guy anymore, but he 238 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:35.639 actually has slimmed down noticeably. So outside the ring, Reid 239 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:39.519 slam Roman onto the announced desk. Rains bounds back. He 240 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:43.039 cleared off the table, read Though clotheslined him before he 241 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:47.519 could do anything. Back in the ring, Rains ran at red, 242 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:50.279 read though, caught him and hit a world strongest slam. 243 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:55.559 So then Reid worked always exciting chinlock for a while. 244 00:12:56.080 --> 00:12:58.320 Roman worked out of it, read though caught him with 245 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:01.240 a Samoan drop. Paul was out there. I should point 246 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:02.759 out that Paul Hayman was out there. He had the 247 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:06.440 shula fala around his neck, so bron Breaker was nowhere 248 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:09.720 to be found, but Paul Hayman hands read the shoe 249 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:13.600 La falla and read is posing inside the ring With it, 250 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:17.799 he tried to take off roman shoe. Rains, though kicked 251 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:21.200 him away. Roman eventually closedline, Read over the top rope 252 00:13:21.799 --> 00:13:25.600 and out to the floor. Rains landed a drive by, 253 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:28.919 and then he threw Read into the ring. Steps back inside. 254 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:31.879 Roman set up for a Superman punch Read They'll caught him, 255 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:35.679 slammed him before he could hit or before hitting a 256 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:39.639 running sent on, so Reid lifted him up. Roman, though 257 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:41.840 elbowed his way out of it, rolled Read up for 258 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:45.840 a near fall. Roman went for another Superman punch and 259 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:49.000 Bronton caught him. Countered into a death valley driver for 260 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:52.879 a two count with Rains on the outside. Now, Reid 261 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:55.519 went for a dive before he could actually dive through 262 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:57.919 the ropes, though Roman caught him with a punch. I 263 00:13:57.960 --> 00:14:01.360 think it was a Superman punch. Rains followed that up 264 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:04.120 with a proper Superman punch, but it was only good 265 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:06.840 enough for a two count. Rains went for a spear, 266 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:11.200 Reid caught him, dispatched him to the outside, where Reid 267 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:14.600 did finally hit a suicide dive back inside, Reid went 268 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:17.600 for a tsunami splash. Roman moved out of the way. 269 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:21.080 Roman went for a spear, Reid caught him. He just 270 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:23.200 I love how he just literally just stopped him, Like 271 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:26.120 Roman is coming in for the spear, and Reed just 272 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:31.240 stops him. Deadness tracks and delivers a sit out power 273 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:34.679 bomb for a good near fall. Reid went to the top. 274 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:38.080 Roman cut him off with a punch and Roman followed 275 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:40.639 up with a Superman punch and a Samoan drop from 276 00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:43.440 the middle row. And then all it took was one 277 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:47.200 rains hits a spear and he gets the three count. 278 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:50.879 Roman reigns defeats Bronson Reed little over twenty minutes in. 279 00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:55.000 They had a solid match. You know, it was elevated 280 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:57.240 by the crowd, and the crowd was really the third 281 00:14:57.320 --> 00:15:00.240 man as they call it, for the entire night. There 282 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:02.600 was stuff on this show. They were quiet for We'll 283 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:04.480 talk about that women's match here in a little bit, 284 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:07.559 But the crowd was as animated all night as you 285 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:09.759 would expect them to be. They were doing their chance, 286 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:12.399 they were singing, they were having a good time. So 287 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:14.679 when you have a hot crowd like that, it can 288 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:17.120 take a good match and elevate it to a very 289 00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:20.919 good match. It could take a solid match and elevate 290 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:23.279 it to a pretty good match. And that's kind of 291 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:25.480 how I felt about this match here. It was solid. 292 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:29.879 You know, I've seen both have more exciting matches and 293 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:33.960 be part of more exciting matches, but the crowd helped 294 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:36.440 elevate it a little bit more. Here's the thing about 295 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:43.200 Roman Reigns. Roman Reigns has become a master at getting 296 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:45.799 the most out of the bare minimum with what he does. 297 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:50.120 He really doesn't do anything out of the ordinary. He 298 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:53.679 doesn't really take any risks beyond the normal risks that 299 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:55.639 you would see him take in the course of a match, 300 00:15:56.399 --> 00:16:00.159 and he just knows how to milk a reaction. This 301 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:02.799 is what Hogan became a master of. It's like when 302 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:05.039 you would see Hogan go to Japan, he was working 303 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:07.200 a totally different style because he knew it was a 304 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:10.360 different audience. But in front of the audience here, he 305 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:12.440 knew the kind of match that people were looking for, 306 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:16.320 so sure he could do more, but he did have to. 307 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:18.679 He can get away with doing only what he needed 308 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:20.799 to do, and in his own way, that's what Roman 309 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:24.519 reigns after all these years, has mastered You know, he 310 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:27.279 only needs to do what he needs to do and 311 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:29.200 he will get a reaction no matter what, because they 312 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:31.440 were cheering and chanting and singing for him the entire 313 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:34.799 time here in this match. The match itself had a 314 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:39.200 very deliberate pace and made it very slow in parts. 315 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:42.279 I wouldn't say it was ever boring. I think deliberate 316 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:45.840 is a good word for it. But the real story 317 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:48.600 came after the match. It wasn't even the match itself, 318 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:53.320 it's what happened afterwards. Rains was posing on top of 319 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:56.960 the announced desk outside and Paul Hammon is in the 320 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:59.639 ring and he's kneeling down and he's tending to brons 321 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:03.879 and rec and Roman turns around and he sees it. 322 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:07.720 So he goes back into the ring and he's stalking 323 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:10.519 Paul Haman. Hayman doesn't realize that he's in the ring 324 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:12.720 until he does, until he turns around, and then he 325 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:15.880 sees Roman, and now he is begging for his life. 326 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:20.759 He's begging, he's pleading, he's all terrified and he's screaming, 327 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:24.720 I love you, my tribal chief. Haman then acknowledges Roman 328 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:28.160 and he removes the shoe la Falla from his neck 329 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:32.960 and he hands the shoola Falla to Roman Reigns, who 330 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:35.960 accepts it and then raises it into the air and 331 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:41.039 everybody cheers. Roman then drops it. He grabs Hayman and 332 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:44.920 he locks him in the guillotine and he's sinching it 333 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:47.680 in and Hayman is flailing and he's tapping, and he's 334 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:50.920 flailing in his tat and at the very end, you know, 335 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:54.440 he goes limp and Roman lets him go, and Hayman 336 00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:58.839 falls to the mat. So Roman goes back outside the 337 00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:01.279 ring on the announced dead. He's got the shoe Lafalla 338 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:08.440 and the timekeeper Berkeley Berkeley Opman, the son of the 339 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:13.200 shock Master. He's been timekeeper in WWE for many years now. 340 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:15.960 He comes over with a pair of scissors. He's cutting 341 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:19.079 the laces. So you should have kept him together. You 342 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:21.319 could have put that in like a hall of fame 343 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:24.000 one day, if they ever actually have a physical hall 344 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:26.359 of fame, you could put it in the hall of fame. 345 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:29.599 But he cut the laces. Roman then gets a sharpie. 346 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:32.759 He begins signing each shoe and he's throwing them out 347 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:35.200 to the crowd and I think he only threw two 348 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:39.519 of the shoes out before bron Breaker appeared. And the 349 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:41.759 way they did this is the camera. We didn't see 350 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:43.960 bron Breaker until all of a sudden, the camera just 351 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:47.599 pans over and bron Breaker is standing there. He's on 352 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:51.039 the timekeeper's barricade. Now he's over standing on the French 353 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:54.519 announced desk because he had the English announced desk. And 354 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:57.359 then to the left of the English announced desk, if 355 00:18:57.400 --> 00:19:01.839 you're facing the ring, is the French desk. Bron Breaker 356 00:19:01.920 --> 00:19:05.799 is standing there. He's measuring Roman and he dies from 357 00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:08.960 that table to the English announced desk and he spears 358 00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:12.240 Roman through the announced desk. Thankfully it broke because these 359 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:15.400 tables now are reinforced, they don't break as easily as 360 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:19.039 they used to. But this table did break, so they 361 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:22.079 go crashing through the desk. They show Jelly Rolls standing 362 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:23.960 there in the front row. He's like, oh my god, 363 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:28.039 he's looking all concerned. Thankfully he stayed right where he was. 364 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:31.559 He didn't involve himself. He was smart enough not to 365 00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:35.359 involve himself. Here. Breaker went into the ring and along 366 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:37.880 with Bronson Reid, they helped Paul Hayman to his feet. 367 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:41.960 So the heels were leaving and Roman is being tended to. 368 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:44.839 Eventually Roman got back to his feet. He's favoring his ribs, 369 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:47.079 but he doesn't want any help. He's gonna leave on 370 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:49.759 his own power. And he walks and he makes it 371 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:52.920 as far as the head of the aisleway before he 372 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:56.079 could even really start going down the aisle, bron Breaker 373 00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:59.759 sees this, and from about twenty feet away, bron Breaker 374 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:03.839 gets a nice running head start here and he sprints 375 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:06.920 down the aisle and he spears Roman for a second time, 376 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:10.960 spears him right down to the ground. So the heels 377 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:14.319 roll reins back into the ring. Bronson Red heads up 378 00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:18.480 top and he hits a tsunami splash to Roman reigns. 379 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:23.240 More officials come pouring out. Hurricane Helms is out there, 380 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:26.279 Jason Jordan is out there. I think Adam Pierce might 381 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:28.200 have been out there. There's a whole bunch of officials out there. 382 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:32.000 So they bring out a stretcher for Roman, and with 383 00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:36.039 Roman now strapped to the gurney, Reid runs back down 384 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:38.960 to the ring. He goes up top. Roman now is 385 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:43.440 completely defenseless because he is strapped to this board and 386 00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:45.559 he has nowhere to go. Can't even get his hands 387 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:49.359 up or anything, and Bronson Reed comes flying off with 388 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:53.640 a second tsunami splash. And I'm watching all of this 389 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:56.119 play out because this has been going on for a 390 00:20:56.119 --> 00:21:00.279 while now, and I'm like, I know Roman's he got 391 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:02.400 family in the building, but boy, it would sure be 392 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:04.440 a good time for them to be out here to 393 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:07.440 come to this man's aid. So he gets squashed for 394 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:12.359 a second time. And then finally, after much delay, jay 395 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:15.920 Uso finally shows up. I guess he was busy yeating 396 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:19.319 himself elsewhere in the building. Jay Uso finally shows up 397 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:22.880 to assist his cousin. He fights off the heels until 398 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:25.440 the heels then got back in the ring and bron 399 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:29.599 Breaker speared jay Uso Bronson Reid also went back up top. 400 00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:33.519 He hit a third tsunami splash to Roman Reins, who 401 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:36.920 was still strapped to the board, and finally they were 402 00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:39.759 able to get the heels out of there, and Roman 403 00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:44.119 Reigns was flattened like a pancake and eventually he was 404 00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:49.039 stretchered out. The postmatch angle lasted almost as long as 405 00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:52.839 the fucking match. I said the match went about twenty minutes. 406 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:57.559 This whole postmatch angle went just about fifteen minutes, so 407 00:21:57.799 --> 00:22:00.559 when you tally it all up, we didn't even get 408 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:02.920 to the second match of this show until the beginning 409 00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:07.799 of hour two, which is completely ridiculous. But part of 410 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:10.359 that is also the first match didn't actually start until 411 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:13.400 we were about twenty minutes fifteen twenty minutes into the show, 412 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:17.319 so that entire first hour of this ple was just 413 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:21.240 gone at that point. It is inexplicable that it took 414 00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:24.200 jay usso that long when he saw what was going 415 00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:27.680 after the first spear on the table, that it took 416 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:30.400 him that long to make his way out to help 417 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:34.480 his cousin out. The angle itself not really surprising. I 418 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.680 didn't know if they were going to do it on 419 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:38.599 this show or on Raw this Monday. I believe he 420 00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:41.799 begins filming on Tuesday, so it was going to be 421 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:43.920 a little dicey whether or not he'd even be able 422 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:45.920 to be on the show on Monday. I believe he's 423 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:49.359 filming for Street Fighter in Australia, so if they were 424 00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:51.200 going to do something, it had to be on this show. 425 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:54.200 That was not surprising, and as an Angle, I thought 426 00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:56.680 it was a fine way to write him off. I 427 00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:58.839 personally think it would have meant more to give Bronson 428 00:22:58.920 --> 00:23:02.119 Read the win here. In the big picture, it's not 429 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:04.839 gonna hurt Bronson Reid. It's not really gonna end up 430 00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:07.839 being that big of a deal. But you know, Roman, 431 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:11.279 Roman could have gotten his shoes back and you could 432 00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:14.720 have shot the exact same angle after he lost the match. 433 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:17.680 Everything else could have played out exactly the way it did, 434 00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:20.400 but it would have been huge, you know, for Bronson 435 00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:23.799 Reid to get a win here, and they opted not 436 00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:26.359 to do that. Part of the reason may have been because, 437 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:28.079 you know, Seth Rollins was going to win at the 438 00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:30.519 end of the show, so maybe they wanted to give 439 00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:33.359 the fans a babyface win here at the beginning. That's 440 00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:37.640 always possible. Again, the loss doesn't hurt Bronson Reid. He 441 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:40.519 you know, he took the majority of the match, got 442 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:42.799 his heat back with the angle when it was over 443 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:46.759 three tsunami splashes, so I thought it was still very effective. 444 00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:50.920 In the back after, Adam Pierce was livid talking to 445 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:55.160 bron Breaker and Bronson Reid, and he also informed them, well, 446 00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:57.680 first he ejected them, kicked him out of the building, 447 00:23:57.680 --> 00:24:01.279 but he informed them that Roman had been taken to 448 00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:04.200 the hospital and they're like, well, what about Hayman cares 449 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:08.079 about him? What about Paul Hayman? And Pierce said, well, 450 00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:10.799 you guys can join him, And they weren't very happy 451 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:13.599 about this because they said Seth Rolins still has a match. 452 00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:16.319 We're not going nowhere. Seth Rollins has a match later 453 00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:19.480 in the show, and Pierce said, if I even so 454 00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:24.039 much as smell you coming back to the building, you 455 00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:28.880 will both be suspended indefinitely without pay. So this is 456 00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:31.880 how they set things up for the main event. Hayman's 457 00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:35.680 gone breaker and Reader Gone. Seth is going into this 458 00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:38.759 main event against three other guys with nobody there to 459 00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:41.880 help him and watch his back. So that was the 460 00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:44.519 purpose of this opening the show so they could set 461 00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:48.160 things up for the main event. At the very end. 462 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:52.319 Now we have the WYAT six. After this, Joe Gacy 463 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:56.240 and Dexter Loomis defending the WWE tag team titles against 464 00:24:56.279 --> 00:25:00.559 the Street Profits. Angelo Dawkins put his own arm out 465 00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:05.640 to stop montese Ford from starting the match. I got this. 466 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:10.160 He wanted to start the match, okay, so he let 467 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:12.880 him start the match. Meanwhile, montes Ford ended up tagging 468 00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:18.319 himself in after dawkins initial exchange with Dexter Loomis didn't 469 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:21.359 really go too well, and Angelo Dawkins did not look 470 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:25.880 very happy about this at all. He was like, okay, 471 00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:29.119 all right, fam and he got back out on the apron. 472 00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:32.119 So I'm watching this going uh oh, where did this 473 00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:35.400 come from? The why? It's worked over Ford for a 474 00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:38.559 while until Dawkins made a hot tag back into the match. 475 00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:41.440 Dawkins ran while to hit Joe Gasey with a sent 476 00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:45.240 on bomb, profits hit Gaysey with an electric chair drop 477 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:50.680 slash blockbuster combo. Dexter broke up the cover. Ford missed 478 00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:53.440 a frog splash, which led to a messed up spot. 479 00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:56.440 Gasey went to go use Loomis as a weapon. Ford 480 00:25:56.559 --> 00:26:01.119 just fell down before being hit. Gacy dropped Loomis on 481 00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:04.599 top of him. Dawkins tackled Gasey into the barricade outside 482 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:08.400 and then he became distracted when Eric Rowan walked over 483 00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:10.680 and the two of them are looking at each other, 484 00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:14.880 and that gave Loomis an opportunity to just charge in 485 00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:19.240 tackle Dawkins over the barricade montes. Ford then wiped out 486 00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:22.559 Loomis and Rowan with his dive out over the ring post. 487 00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:25.559 Now he went to go get back in the ring, 488 00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:29.640 and hiding underneath the ring poking her head out is 489 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:33.880 Nicky Cross, and Nicky Cross grabs a hold of montes 490 00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:36.000 Ford's leg so he can't get back in the ring. 491 00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:38.359 The referee is distracted, he's on the other side of 492 00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:43.079 the ring tending to something, doesn't see what's going on here. 493 00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:47.319 Uncle Howdie comes over, grabs montes Ford, gives him sister 494 00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:52.400 Abigail on the floor, so Ford is laid out, so 495 00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:56.240 they put Ford back in the ring. Gasey and Loomis 496 00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:59.359 give him a combo sit out, power bomb neck breaker. 497 00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:03.440 They call it the Plague and they got the win, 498 00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:06.519 so the Wyatt six retained the tag team titles. Here 499 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:11.359 solid stuff, I mean, no real downtime like we had 500 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:14.000 in the opening match. There were moments where it was, 501 00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:16.640 you know, a chin lock here and there. This was 502 00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:19.519 basically a sprint for a good ten or eleven minutes 503 00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:21.799 or so. I think this would have been a fine 504 00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:26.400 television match on SmackDown. This was the first time where 505 00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:29.680 the Wyots I feel like were really treated like heels. 506 00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:32.400 Ye had Nikki Cross getting involved there at the end. 507 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:38.279 Uncle Howdie gets involved blatantly right lays out montes Ford 508 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:41.640 on the floor, so it certainly felt like a heel 509 00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:45.359 move here at the end of this the tension though 510 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:50.079 between Angelo Dawkins and montes Ford, it felt so manufactured. 511 00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:53.119 They did nothing to set it up. All we had 512 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:57.880 to set this up was just a very brief few 513 00:27:58.000 --> 00:28:02.799 lines from Bo Dallas on Friday where he saw them 514 00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:05.480 in the back and he made a mention of them like, 515 00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:08.680 are you really brothers? You know, you're basically you're not 516 00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:12.240 family like us, And when we beat you, you'll see, 517 00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:14.839 you know whether or not you two are really family 518 00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:17.160 or not. Right. It was something to that effect that 519 00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:19.920 was it. It's not as if that there's been this 520 00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:23.599 overt effort on television over the last several weeks to 521 00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:26.839 build up tension, like they've been telling some kind of 522 00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:31.720 a story between montes Ford and Angelo Dawkins. By and large, 523 00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:35.319 everything's been fine. All of a sudden, you see that 524 00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:37.079 tension there at the beginning of the match, and I'm like, 525 00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:39.920 where the hell did this come from? It just felt 526 00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:44.160 so forced to me. It felt very manufactured that all 527 00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:46.519 of a sudden they're teasing a street profits breakup when 528 00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:48.559 they've really done nothing to really build up to it, 529 00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:50.799 but they sure wanted you to feel like, Okay, we 530 00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:54.359 could be heading in this direction soon. It made me 531 00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:57.400 also remember on the pre show Big E before they 532 00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:59.079 went on the air here with the main card, big 533 00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:01.720 E made a comment about how this match is basically 534 00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:04.599 a must win for the Street Profits. If they don't 535 00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:07.839 win this match, he basically was saying, I don't know 536 00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:11.200 where they go from here, So they're definitely teasing a 537 00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:13.599 new direction for the Street Profits. It could very well 538 00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:16.480 result in a breakup. Again. There's been some start and 539 00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:20.519 stop storytelling in the past that kind of gave you 540 00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:23.240 the indication they might be going down that road, and 541 00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:25.799 then they pulled back or they swerved you and they 542 00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:28.839 went a different way. I've been waiting for a Montes 543 00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:32.960 Ford singles push for a couple of years now. There 544 00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:37.000 was a brief window in I guess it was two 545 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:41.279 years ago, right heading into WrestleMania thirty nine. That was 546 00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:44.240 the year that Ford was in the Elimination Chamber match 547 00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:47.319 for the US title where I really thought, Okay, this 548 00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:49.519 looks like they're going to move forward with it, and 549 00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:53.119 then they didn't. It was completely dropped. It was completely abandoned. 550 00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:55.279 So I have no idea. I'm not going to sit 551 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:57.240 here and tell you, Okay, Triple H is finally going 552 00:29:57.319 --> 00:30:00.160 to do it. Because TRIPLEH has sort of dangled that 553 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:02.680 carrot before and then pulled back. I don't know if 554 00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:05.079 he's going to do it or not. It seems like 555 00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:07.799 that could be the direction here. I will believe it 556 00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:10.200 when I see it, because I feel the same way 557 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:12.559 the Big East did on the pre show when he's like, 558 00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:15.559 I don't know where these guys go from here. They've 559 00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:17.920 been tag team champions, they didn't have the belts for 560 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:20.920 very long. Now. They had an opportunity to get them back. 561 00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:24.039 They failed, short of moving them over to the Tag 562 00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:26.960 team division on Raw, which could really use the help 563 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:29.680 right now. I don't know what else you do with 564 00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:34.400 these two. It's like running on the hamster wheel. It 565 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:36.680 took them years just to win the belts back again. 566 00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:40.720 They went four years between tag team title reigns, and 567 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:43.720 this was as forgettable a rain as you will ever see. 568 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:49.119 What is the end goal here? I think Angelo Dawkins 569 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:51.480 as well. There could be a singles push in it 570 00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:54.079 for him. He's been very impressive in some of these matches. 571 00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:56.400 But montes Ford I think is where the money is. 572 00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:59.960 If you had to put money down as a single 573 00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:05.720 on one or the other. My money is on montes Ford. 574 00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:09.039 My money is on a montes Ford, Bianca Bellair, Parry, 575 00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:13.079 a montes Forward, Bianca bell Air, Heel Pairy at some 576 00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:17.000 point down the road. I've always felt that way, but 577 00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:19.960 every year that goes by, it just makes me wonder 578 00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:21.680 if they're ever going to actually pull the trigger and 579 00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:27.599 do it. May as well, because like big Ee said, 580 00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:29.960 I don't know where you go with these guys from here. 581 00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:37.079 I really don't now. Up next, we had Becky Lynch 582 00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:46.279 defending the Women's Intercontinental Championship against Nicky Bella. Noticeable booze. 583 00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:50.960 Nothing overwhelming like Logan Paul. Noticeable booze though for Nicki 584 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:55.000 Bella when she came out cheers, noticeable cheers, especially at 585 00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:58.519 the end when she won for Becky Lynch, so that 586 00:31:58.640 --> 00:32:02.920 was interesting, not surprising, but interesting. Nicki came at her 587 00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:05.680 with a fury right out of the gate, so Becky 588 00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:09.079 retreated to the outside. Nicki went for a sliding drop 589 00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:12.119 kick through the ropes to the floor. Becky had moved 590 00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:14.599 out of the way, so Nicki just didn't even land 591 00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:17.680 on her feet, she landed on the ground, She crashed 592 00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:22.319 and burned back inside, Becky landed a leg drop from 593 00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:25.680 the top rope for a two count. There was a 594 00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:30.480 spot outside the ring a few minutes into this where 595 00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:35.000 Nicki started slamming. Becky was supposed to be faced first repeatedly, 596 00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:37.559 you know, over and over again into the announced desk, 597 00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:41.759 right top part of the announced desk, and I should 598 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:45.279 say that she was ramming her hands first into the 599 00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:48.839 announced desk. They really should have switched to a different 600 00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:51.720 camera angle for this, because all you saw was Becky, 601 00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:54.400 you know, her hands were going into the announced desk, 602 00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:59.000 and it just looked really bad. They should have shot 603 00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:03.720 this a little bit differently. Then there was a very 604 00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:10.160 embarrassing spot where Nicky went for a disaster kick like 605 00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:14.880 she was Cody Rhodes, not from like, uh, the center 606 00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:17.400 part of the rope. She went to the corner, but 607 00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:20.319 she came off the middle rope with her version of 608 00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:24.319 a disaster kick, and she went for it before bothering 609 00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:26.640 to see if Becky was in position now. She did 610 00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:30.319 initially turn around to just kind of take stock of 611 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:33.680 where Becky was, and Becky was not in the position 612 00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:37.160 that you would have wanted her to be in. Nicky 613 00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:39.799 turns back around and she goes through with the kick. 614 00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:42.160 I guess expecting that Becky was going to be there, 615 00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:46.079 but she wasn't and she didn't bother checking. So she 616 00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:48.759 goes and throws this kick. The only thing is she 617 00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:54.079 turns around, there ain't nobody there. There's nobody there. She 618 00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:58.200 threw a kick at John Cena and Becky. What made 619 00:33:58.240 --> 00:34:00.480 it even worse. You can't even say it was a 620 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:04.240 glancing blow, like it did not connect. But Becky in 621 00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:06.880 the moment stumbled like she was like, oh, I got 622 00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:10.800 to sell this, and then she quickly realized, okay, this 623 00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:12.760 is this looked terrible. I'm not going to sell this, 624 00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:16.719 But initially she kind of did. It was it was terrible, 625 00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:20.239 Like she wasn't even in the neighborhood, so that looked 626 00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:24.239 very bad. Nicki briefly sold leg pain. I'll bet her 627 00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:27.440 ego hurt more than her leg did. Nicki went for 628 00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:30.920 the rack attack, Becky worked out of it, and Nicky 629 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:34.679 ran it Becky Becky moved. Nicki went to the apron, 630 00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:37.960 so Nicky went to the top rope. Becky cut her off, 631 00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:41.280 landed a superplex from the second rope for a two count. 632 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:46.440 Bella went to the UH fearless lock, which she had 633 00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:48.480 used earlier in the match. She went back to her 634 00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:52.760 fearless lock. Nicki, though got to the ropes or Becky 635 00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:56.400 did rather broke the hold, so the action spilled outside. 636 00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:59.440 Becky dismantled the ring steps. She tried to lift Nicki 637 00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:02.199 up Nicki. They fought back and ended up hitting a 638 00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:07.159 bellabuster on the flat part of the ring steps. Back inside, 639 00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:10.159 Nicki hit Becky with her own manhandle slam for a 640 00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:14.039 near fall. Nicki then tried for a disarm her Becky 641 00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:17.039 slipped out did a variation of the same finish that 642 00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:21.239 she used. I want to say it was, was it backlash? Whatever? 643 00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:24.760 It was? Back in May, she used a variation of 644 00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:27.280 the same finish that she won with in her triple 645 00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:31.599 threat match with Bailey and Lyra Valkyrio, only this was 646 00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:35.440 not as smooth, but basically a backslide, and she got 647 00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:37.960 a backslide and she won with it. Now, that was 648 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:41.199 a great finish a few months ago. This was. It 649 00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:43.920 wasn't terrible, but it wasn't as good as that finish was, 650 00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:48.119 but it was effective and she won with it. And 651 00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:51.960 she retains the Intercontinental title. And I said this, you know, 652 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:54.559 I tweeted this out when the match was over. I said, well, 653 00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:58.880 that was certainly a match that happened. I'll even go 654 00:35:58.920 --> 00:36:01.280 as far as to say it was the best women's 655 00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:04.480 match on the entire show. That's about the nicest thing 656 00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:07.519 I could say about this match. Boy. You know, I 657 00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:10.039 sure wish we had that Stephanie Vecer match on this show. 658 00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:14.400 This was nowhere near the level of the matches for 659 00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:18.320 the most part that Becky had with Lyra Valkyria, outside 660 00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:22.079 of their Summer Slim match, which wasn't very good. This 661 00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:25.480 was the worst match, though, of Becky's run so far 662 00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:29.960 since she came back and since she won the Intercontinental title. 663 00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:32.960 You know, she tried to make something out of this. 664 00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:35.840 They just weren't on the same page for most of it. 665 00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:38.559 It just didn't feel like they were in sync together 666 00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:42.679 the way they did the finish. They may be tempted 667 00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:45.719 to run this back again. I'm sure these two would 668 00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:47.400 love to go back out and have a second crack 669 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:50.800 at it, try to have a better match if they 670 00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:53.280 insist on doing this match again. And I don't think 671 00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:55.800 there's a single person out there who was asking for 672 00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:59.039 a rematch here. But if they are going to do 673 00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:03.320 a rematch, you could do it on TV. This would 674 00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:07.360 be the perfect time to use their go to stipulation 675 00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:10.599 with all the plunder and all the weapons and the 676 00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:12.920 Kendo sticks and do a match like that, like a 677 00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:15.599 no DQ match, so they at least have the bells 678 00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:18.880 and whistles that they can rely on. I don't have 679 00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:21.320 any interest in seeing this run back with any stipulation, 680 00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:23.440 but if they're gonna do it, I think that would 681 00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:26.079 be the way to go about doing it. And the 682 00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:29.000 thing with Nicky Bella, you know, outside of that one 683 00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:32.440 terrible botch, it wasn't as if well, outside of that 684 00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:34.559 one botch it was a great match. No, it wasn't 685 00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:37.960 a great match. Was It was the weakest match on 686 00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:40.840 the entire show and one of the worst matches that 687 00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:43.599 Becky has had all year, if not the worst. The 688 00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:46.559 thing with Nicky Bella, though, Nicky Bella, it's not that 689 00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:50.920 Nicky is awful, She's always terrible. She can't wrestle, right, 690 00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:56.559 It's not that when Nicky was the Divas Champion, Okay, 691 00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:59.880 when she was on top back in her day, she 692 00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:03.360 was average at best, compared to the quality of the 693 00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:06.039 women that we are used to seeing now in WWE. 694 00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:10.320 When you talk about Becky and Lyra and Charlotte and 695 00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:14.639 Rhea and Bianca and Eo and Osca and on and 696 00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:18.239 on and on, the quality is just so far superior 697 00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:22.519 to what Nicki was working with. And frankly, Nicki herself, 698 00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:26.639 even when she was in her prime and the longest 699 00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:29.239 reigning Divis champion of all time and all of that stuff, 700 00:38:29.239 --> 00:38:32.320 she was still average at best compared to what we 701 00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:35.119 see today. So now she comes back and I know 702 00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:38.199 everybody is singing her praises and how revolutionary she was 703 00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:40.639 and all of this, and you know, blah blah blah. 704 00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:44.440 We hear it in every single promo, But again they 705 00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:46.800 build her up to be something that she really isn't. 706 00:38:47.679 --> 00:38:49.280 And I'm not saying she can't go out there and 707 00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:52.800 have a good match or a solid match, but this 708 00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:57.440 was certainly not it. I'm left even wondering how we 709 00:38:57.480 --> 00:39:00.599 even got to this point because part of the issue also, 710 00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:03.920 this is absolutely part of it. She has had one 711 00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:08.719 other singles match this entire year since she came back 712 00:39:08.719 --> 00:39:10.880 at the Royal Rumble. The only other singles match that 713 00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:13.960 this woman has had was a raw match against Chelsea 714 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:18.719 Green like six weeks ago. So ring rust and her 715 00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:24.000 lack of matches of any kind, tag singles or anything, 716 00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:26.679 I'm sure played a role in this. She's not getting 717 00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:29.159 the reps in, she's not wrestling on a regular basis, 718 00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:32.280 she's not even wrestling on a part time basis, and 719 00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:34.039 so that's going to play a role as well. And 720 00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:37.119 all of that conspired to give you what you saw 721 00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:40.559 here on this show tonight. There are much better opponents 722 00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:43.440 for Becky to be in the ring working with. One 723 00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:45.199 of those names is the name that I just mentioned 724 00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:49.639 a little while ago, which is Stephanie Bacaierr. Now we 725 00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:53.519 should find out tomorrow what their big solution is to 726 00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:57.840 this women's championship vacancy. They delayed it in another week, 727 00:39:57.920 --> 00:40:00.679 so we have to find out tomorrow. Based on what 728 00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:03.239 Adam Pierce was saying, it sounds like it's one name. 729 00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:06.400 He was just trying to work out the details. I 730 00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:08.840 hope it is just one name. Whoever that name is 731 00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:10.519 going to be. As long as it's not Nickcki Bella, 732 00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:13.000 whoever that name is going to be, I'd rather they 733 00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:15.920 not go through the whole rigmarole of like a multi 734 00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:21.159 person fiasco, and that name, whoever that name is going 735 00:40:21.199 --> 00:40:22.880 to be, is likely going to end up being the 736 00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:25.920 next women's champion because I just don't think Stephanie needs 737 00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:27.480 the title right now. I think it would be a 738 00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:31.159 mistake to put the belt on her right now. Stephanie 739 00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:34.159 didn't even wrestle at all the entire month of August, like, 740 00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:37.480 she's been a total non factor on these shows. You 741 00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:40.840 got to build her up. You got to build her up, honestly. 742 00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:43.599 I mean she won that Battle Royal Evolution. She's been 743 00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:47.039 on the main roster for I don't know what two months, 744 00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:51.199 three months now, not that long. She's barely been established. 745 00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:54.719 She's very popular and everybody loves the Devil's Kiss, but 746 00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:58.199 she's not established enough, and she's somebody who could be 747 00:40:58.239 --> 00:40:59.800 a major player for them. You need to take your 748 00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:03.800 t so that first championship win really means something. I 749 00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:05.920 think a better position for her to be in would 750 00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:09.119 not be challenging for the Women's World Championship, but for 751 00:41:09.159 --> 00:41:12.679 her to be challenging Becky Lynch for the Intercontinental title. 752 00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:16.239 And I think that's exactly the kind of person that 753 00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:19.159 Becky should be working with and dropping the title to eventually, 754 00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:23.000 it's not Nicky Bella. Nicki Bella is from the past. 755 00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:25.440 I don't even know how Nicki Bella ended up with 756 00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:28.800 a Women's Intercontinental title match when she's had one other 757 00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:33.320 match the entire year, one other singles match, and she's 758 00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:36.039 fighting for the championship here. That's a whole other story. 759 00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:39.559 Stephanie Vaquier is the one who should be in that position. 760 00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:41.679 That's what I would do, and then I would eventually 761 00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:44.320 build up to her winning the IC title. Let her 762 00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:46.000 get a run with that, just like she had the 763 00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:49.199 North American title in NXT, and eventually you can build 764 00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:52.440 to her winning the World championship next year. That's the 765 00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:55.239 kind of person that should be in this spot. That's 766 00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:57.280 the kind of person who would benefit from working with 767 00:41:57.320 --> 00:42:00.440 a Becky Lynch. Look that rubuff On steat definitie a 768 00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:03.320 big name right for her to be working with, and 769 00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:05.800 both really good. 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That's Better Help h e 811 00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:14.000 LP dot com slash Slo Monster. Now. Backstage, Jay Usso 812 00:44:14.760 --> 00:44:18.480 was selling the injured ribs from earlier. Adam Pierce walked 813 00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:20.159 in and wondered, are you gonna be able to compete 814 00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:23.679 in the four way match? Later, Jay insisted on wrestling 815 00:44:23.760 --> 00:44:26.280 in the main event because before Roman got carted off 816 00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:29.159 to the hospital. He told Jay go out there and 817 00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:32.239 win that title back. So now he's all motivated to 818 00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:34.519 go out there and to win the World Championship back. 819 00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:39.639 After that, it was time for Shamus and Russev in 820 00:44:39.719 --> 00:44:44.199 a good old fashioned Donnybrook match. Anything goes, pinfall or 821 00:44:44.280 --> 00:44:46.760 submission in the ring. Again, it's not false count anywhere. 822 00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:49.440 Pinfall or submission in the ring is the only way 823 00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:53.079 to win this match. Now, this is a good moment here. 824 00:44:54.199 --> 00:44:56.480 Since I just got done talking about the women and 825 00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:59.599 I'm about to talk about Seamus, I just very briefly 826 00:44:59.599 --> 00:45:01.360 want to talk talk about a couple of videos that 827 00:45:01.400 --> 00:45:04.920 I saw on social media today. I saw Ria Ripley 828 00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:10.000 tweet out what she did talking about fans in France 829 00:45:10.239 --> 00:45:14.000 who swarmed her earlier today ash and literally had her 830 00:45:14.079 --> 00:45:16.639 up against the door of her uber as she was 831 00:45:16.639 --> 00:45:18.559 trying to get in her uber to get to the 832 00:45:18.599 --> 00:45:21.039 arena or wherever it was that she was going. She 833 00:45:21.119 --> 00:45:24.039 wasn't on the show tonight, but she was there and 834 00:45:24.079 --> 00:45:26.679 it was scary. It was scary because there was nobody 835 00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:29.960 there with her. There's no security, there's nobody from WWE, 836 00:45:30.039 --> 00:45:32.119 there's no other wrestlers there with her. She's all by 837 00:45:32.159 --> 00:45:36.320 herself and she is swarm by this group of people 838 00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:39.199 that are just obsessed with getting up in her face 839 00:45:39.800 --> 00:45:43.679 and taking selfies and sticking papers in her face for 840 00:45:43.719 --> 00:45:48.119 her to autograph, and it's just overwhelming. And then I 841 00:45:48.119 --> 00:45:50.440 saw video. It must have been in a mall. I 842 00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:54.280 don't know where they were, but Seamus was also mobbed 843 00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:56.360 by a group of people to the point where there 844 00:45:56.400 --> 00:45:58.719 was a female fan in the group that was almost 845 00:45:59.000 --> 00:46:02.559 trampled over, and seam has had it's like tell everybody, hey, hey, 846 00:46:02.599 --> 00:46:04.320 back up, back up, and he's like talking to the fan, 847 00:46:04.360 --> 00:46:07.199 are you okay? Are you okay? Again? Very scary situation 848 00:46:07.280 --> 00:46:10.559 here because everybody is all up in their space and 849 00:46:10.599 --> 00:46:14.480 there's nobody there seemingly to separate them, from what I 850 00:46:14.480 --> 00:46:19.559 could tell. So this has been a recurring theme in 851 00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:22.199 other places as well. It's not like France is the 852 00:46:22.199 --> 00:46:24.400 only place where this has happened. This has happened in 853 00:46:24.440 --> 00:46:26.880 other places as well. And when it comes to the 854 00:46:26.920 --> 00:46:30.840 women in WWE, obviously there have been some very scary 855 00:46:30.880 --> 00:46:36.360 situations in the past, right Sonya Deville, Roxane Perez Live Morgan. 856 00:46:36.440 --> 00:46:40.719 Everybody has had stalkers in different situations even far more 857 00:46:40.760 --> 00:46:44.000 serious than this. But in situations like this, it's to 858 00:46:44.039 --> 00:46:46.920 the point now where I don't see how WWE cannot, 859 00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:49.800 especially for some of these top female names who were 860 00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:53.599 super popular on social media and have people who are 861 00:46:53.679 --> 00:46:57.000 just absolutely obsessed with them. It's to the point now 862 00:46:57.079 --> 00:47:01.880 where WWE and TKO need to very seriously consider when 863 00:47:01.920 --> 00:47:06.119 they are in these places for these pls, having these 864 00:47:06.320 --> 00:47:11.039 talents escorted around by security. This is what it's come 865 00:47:11.079 --> 00:47:14.079 to now, because at some point something very bad is 866 00:47:14.119 --> 00:47:17.159 going to happen, and we'll be talking about this and 867 00:47:17.199 --> 00:47:20.280 having this conversation after the fact, after something bad has 868 00:47:20.320 --> 00:47:22.639 already happened. The whole point is to try to avoid 869 00:47:22.639 --> 00:47:25.320 that altogether and not get to a point where something 870 00:47:25.360 --> 00:47:28.559 really bad happens because people just have no self control. 871 00:47:29.079 --> 00:47:30.840 Part of it is that people get all swept up 872 00:47:30.880 --> 00:47:33.400 in celebrity. Oh my god, I can't believe Seamus is 873 00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:35.320 right here and Rhea Ripley is over here right, and 874 00:47:35.360 --> 00:47:38.000 they get all nervous and they get starstruck. And that's 875 00:47:38.039 --> 00:47:40.559 totally normal. But that's very different than getting up in 876 00:47:40.599 --> 00:47:44.000 someone's personal space or putting your hands on them and 877 00:47:44.079 --> 00:47:47.360 swarming them and stampeding them. You cannot do that. Like 878 00:47:47.400 --> 00:47:49.840 I'm watching that video of Rhea Ripley by her car 879 00:47:49.880 --> 00:47:53.760 being sworn by these absolute fucking losers, and I'm like, 880 00:47:53.920 --> 00:47:55.960 why in the world would you think that it is 881 00:47:56.000 --> 00:48:00.639 appropriate to conduct yourself in this way? Why? And it's 882 00:48:00.639 --> 00:48:03.039 not just kids. I mean, these are people that are 883 00:48:03.079 --> 00:48:07.920 old enough to where they should know better. Like, it 884 00:48:07.960 --> 00:48:10.199 can't be allowed to happen like that anymore. There's going 885 00:48:10.239 --> 00:48:12.119 to have to be somebody who steps in and says, okay, 886 00:48:12.159 --> 00:48:17.760 we need to have people escorting these women around when 887 00:48:17.800 --> 00:48:20.599 they are in these places because it is a very 888 00:48:20.679 --> 00:48:23.440 dangerous situation, or maybe come up with like a buddy system, 889 00:48:24.559 --> 00:48:26.440 you know, where you have some of the male talents 890 00:48:27.000 --> 00:48:29.280 hanging out with them. I don't know, but something has 891 00:48:29.320 --> 00:48:32.039 to happen here, because this is not the first time 892 00:48:32.119 --> 00:48:34.400 something like this has happened. And at least in the 893 00:48:34.440 --> 00:48:36.599 shamous video, Shamus was there. He was able to kind 894 00:48:36.599 --> 00:48:38.400 of back people up and check on that person and 895 00:48:38.400 --> 00:48:40.760 make sure that fan was okay. But I'm telling you, 896 00:48:40.800 --> 00:48:42.440 there's going to come a point where something, you know, 897 00:48:42.480 --> 00:48:46.239 there won't be a Shamus there. There was a video 898 00:48:46.320 --> 00:48:47.920 not that long ago in an airport. I think it 899 00:48:47.960 --> 00:48:50.320 might have been Rhea and there was somebody who was 900 00:48:50.360 --> 00:48:52.559 hounding her and Kevin Owens was there. Kevin Owens came 901 00:48:52.559 --> 00:48:53.920 over and just to check on her and said, of 902 00:48:53.960 --> 00:48:56.880 you okay, and Riea was like, yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine. 903 00:49:00.079 --> 00:49:06.360 This can't happen now in this match. They had a 904 00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:10.599 makeshift bar that was set up at ringside, which I 905 00:49:10.599 --> 00:49:13.480 could certainly use after the last match we just talked about. 906 00:49:14.119 --> 00:49:17.800 They also had giant barrels of Irish whiskey at ringside. 907 00:49:18.400 --> 00:49:21.519 I'm shocked they were unbranded. They brand everything else, they 908 00:49:21.519 --> 00:49:26.199 branded the tables. I'm shocked they didn't have branding fireball 909 00:49:26.239 --> 00:49:30.079 whiskey branding on the side of the barrels. Shockingly, I 910 00:49:30.119 --> 00:49:31.880 know this is going to be a big surprise to 911 00:49:31.920 --> 00:49:36.000 some of you. But they brawled to start the match, 912 00:49:37.320 --> 00:49:42.880 and so we had here the action spilling outside. Very early, 913 00:49:43.159 --> 00:49:46.599 Seamus ran Rusev into the ring post. Seamus quickly grabbed 914 00:49:46.599 --> 00:49:51.119 a slim gym table. Rucev, though ran Seamus into the 915 00:49:51.159 --> 00:49:53.159 ring post and then grabbed a slim gym table of 916 00:49:53.199 --> 00:49:55.599 his own, and he set it up next to Seamus's 917 00:49:55.599 --> 00:49:58.880 slimjym table and After all of this, they took the 918 00:49:58.920 --> 00:50:02.119 action back in the ring. After all that, they left 919 00:50:02.119 --> 00:50:05.440 the tables out there and the action spills into the ring. 920 00:50:06.480 --> 00:50:09.440 Russev hit Seamus with a kendo stick over and over 921 00:50:09.559 --> 00:50:13.159 and over again. Russev then gives Seamus the ten beats. 922 00:50:13.599 --> 00:50:16.920 He pulled a turnbuckle pad off ran into an Irish 923 00:50:16.960 --> 00:50:20.599 curz backbreaker. Though, Seamus grabbed the kendo stick and hit 924 00:50:20.679 --> 00:50:24.840 Russev with it multiple times, and then he grabbed multiple 925 00:50:24.920 --> 00:50:27.800 chairs from underneath the ring. Seamus miss Russev with a 926 00:50:27.880 --> 00:50:31.239 chair shot and Russev hit a heel kick only got 927 00:50:31.239 --> 00:50:33.960 a one count out of it. Rusev grabbed a chair 928 00:50:34.880 --> 00:50:37.760 and he started working Seamus over with it. The two 929 00:50:37.760 --> 00:50:40.280 of them battled for possession of a chair. Rusev came 930 00:50:40.320 --> 00:50:42.599 away with it, but then promptly ran into a running 931 00:50:42.639 --> 00:50:45.639 knee strike. After that, Seamus took his own move back 932 00:50:45.880 --> 00:50:49.079 and he hit Rusev with the ten beats. Russev threw 933 00:50:49.079 --> 00:50:52.000 Seamus over the makeshift bar that was set up outside 934 00:50:52.039 --> 00:50:56.239 the ring. Then he grabbed a barstool. Seamus though punched 935 00:50:56.280 --> 00:50:59.559 Russev and gave Russev ten beats over the bar. He 936 00:50:59.639 --> 00:51:02.920 tried to leave through the crowd. Russev did. Seamus, though, 937 00:51:02.920 --> 00:51:05.679 stopped him and gave Russev ten beats with a schaleley. 938 00:51:07.039 --> 00:51:09.440 Back inside the ring, Seamus ran Rusev into the chair 939 00:51:09.440 --> 00:51:12.920 that Rusev had wedged earlier in between the ropes, and 940 00:51:12.960 --> 00:51:16.119 then Seamus hit a Celtic cross, only for a two count. 941 00:51:16.679 --> 00:51:19.119 Seamus set up for a broad kick. Russev rolled out 942 00:51:19.159 --> 00:51:22.800 to the floor wisely, Seamus climbed up top. When he 943 00:51:22.920 --> 00:51:26.159 came down, though on the floor, Russev blasted him in 944 00:51:26.199 --> 00:51:29.239 the mid section with the candowstick, right across the ribs. 945 00:51:29.920 --> 00:51:32.599 Russev dismantled the ring steps that were over by the 946 00:51:32.639 --> 00:51:36.679 bar and slammed Seamus through the bar. I think it 947 00:51:36.760 --> 00:51:40.159 was a urinagi through the bar. Back inside, Rusev locked 948 00:51:40.159 --> 00:51:42.880 in the accolade, but Seamus slam Russev backwards onto a 949 00:51:42.880 --> 00:51:46.519 pile of chairs. The action spilled back outside and the 950 00:51:46.519 --> 00:51:49.639 two of them fought on top of the whiskey barrels. Now. 951 00:51:49.679 --> 00:51:52.239 I don't know how tall the whiskey barrels were. They 952 00:51:52.280 --> 00:51:54.159 were tall enough that when they were standing on top 953 00:51:54.199 --> 00:51:57.360 of them, they were fairly high up there, so they 954 00:51:57.360 --> 00:51:59.760 were on top of the whiskey barrels. Russev locks in 955 00:51:59.800 --> 00:52:03.440 the accolade to Seamus on top of the barrels, and 956 00:52:03.480 --> 00:52:06.599 they got this great shot, like a faraway camera shot 957 00:52:06.639 --> 00:52:08.880 where you see all the fans in the background and 958 00:52:08.920 --> 00:52:11.119 you just see them there right on top of those barrels. 959 00:52:11.159 --> 00:52:14.679 It just was a really cool visual. So he had 960 00:52:14.719 --> 00:52:17.320 him in the accolade. Seamus, though, worked out of it, 961 00:52:17.920 --> 00:52:20.280 and then he ended up hitting white noise off the 962 00:52:20.320 --> 00:52:24.039 barrels down through the two slim gym tables that were 963 00:52:24.079 --> 00:52:27.559 set up earlier in the match, and so they go 964 00:52:27.639 --> 00:52:32.119 crashing and burning through the two tables. Both men dragged 965 00:52:32.159 --> 00:52:34.880 themselves back into the ring. The crowd was very loud 966 00:52:35.039 --> 00:52:37.760 for them both. They were super into this match. BRUCEV 967 00:52:37.800 --> 00:52:40.559 grabbed the Shechalley, but when he turned around, Seamus caught 968 00:52:40.599 --> 00:52:44.199 him with a brokick, and you're thinking, okay, that's it. 969 00:52:44.239 --> 00:52:47.639 Covers him and he kicks out. And what made it 970 00:52:47.719 --> 00:52:50.519 so great is that the bro kick, after all these years, 971 00:52:50.639 --> 00:52:53.920 is still one of the most protected moves in all 972 00:52:53.960 --> 00:52:57.239 of wrestling. Very very few people kick out of the 973 00:52:57.239 --> 00:53:00.639 bro kick. It's happened before, but it's not a regularly 974 00:53:00.840 --> 00:53:04.480 Like John Cena, his attitude adjustment, right, I mean, at 975 00:53:04.519 --> 00:53:07.159 some point I've probably kicked out of the attitude adjustment. 976 00:53:07.199 --> 00:53:09.800 You've probably kicked out of the attitude adjustment, but you've 977 00:53:09.840 --> 00:53:12.400 never kicked out of a bro kick before. So they 978 00:53:12.440 --> 00:53:15.440 made it out like a big deal that Russev was 979 00:53:15.480 --> 00:53:18.000 able to kick out. Russev came back and he cracked 980 00:53:18.000 --> 00:53:22.639 at chiallee right across Seamus's back, almost like a knockout shot. 981 00:53:23.360 --> 00:53:26.400 He shoots the half, he covers him. Seamus kicks out 982 00:53:26.440 --> 00:53:31.440 at two point nine, and Russev is beside himself. He's screaming, 983 00:53:31.519 --> 00:53:36.320 he can't believe it. He's just incredibly frustrated. So he 984 00:53:36.400 --> 00:53:40.599 goes for the accolade, but he's using the chially across 985 00:53:41.159 --> 00:53:43.920 Seamus's mouth. It's like in his mouth and he's pulling 986 00:53:43.960 --> 00:53:47.119 back on it. And what ends up happening is Russev 987 00:53:47.239 --> 00:53:49.320 falls backwards. I thought they were about to do a 988 00:53:49.360 --> 00:53:54.519 spot where Seamus falls backwards and pins Russev. Russev's shoulders 989 00:53:54.559 --> 00:53:57.000 were not down, His back was down, but not his shoulders, 990 00:53:57.559 --> 00:53:59.320 but he still had the move locked in and he 991 00:53:59.400 --> 00:54:03.599 had that ball across Seamus's mouth. So picture when Edge 992 00:54:03.679 --> 00:54:05.760 used to break the bottom piece off of a chair 993 00:54:06.800 --> 00:54:09.079 and place the bar in someone's mouth. He did it 994 00:54:09.079 --> 00:54:12.440 to Roman Reins like in a cross face. That's basically 995 00:54:12.440 --> 00:54:15.360 what he was doing Seamus. He's got his legs around Seamus. 996 00:54:15.360 --> 00:54:18.800 Shamus ain't going nowhere, you know, He's locked in this hold. 997 00:54:19.239 --> 00:54:23.440 And finally Seamus taps out. Russev wins the match, and 998 00:54:23.480 --> 00:54:27.119 they claimed on commentary, Michael Cole did that that is 999 00:54:27.159 --> 00:54:32.119 only the second time in Seamus's entire career that he 1000 00:54:32.199 --> 00:54:36.519 has tapped out, not passed out, but tapped out. The 1001 00:54:36.559 --> 00:54:39.519 first time that Seamus ever tapped out in the match 1002 00:54:40.199 --> 00:54:43.360 was actually back in the Thunderdome era and he tapped 1003 00:54:43.360 --> 00:54:46.000 out in the hurt lock to Bobby Lashley, which honestly, 1004 00:54:46.119 --> 00:54:49.760 in and of itself, is shocking to me that even 1005 00:54:49.760 --> 00:54:52.880 in twenty twenty one, Seamus had been doing this for 1006 00:54:52.920 --> 00:54:56.679 so long, well over a decade, and it was only 1007 00:54:56.719 --> 00:54:58.840 four years ago that he tapped out for the first time. 1008 00:54:59.440 --> 00:55:01.559 So this is all only the second time he's ever 1009 00:55:01.639 --> 00:55:04.000 tapped out in the match, doing a real solid for 1010 00:55:04.039 --> 00:55:06.239 his friend, because Russev is like one of his best friends, 1011 00:55:06.920 --> 00:55:10.079 so got no issue putting this guy over in the 1012 00:55:10.119 --> 00:55:13.599 strongest way possible, and it really doesn't get any stronger 1013 00:55:13.639 --> 00:55:16.480 than that. Easily the match of the night up until 1014 00:55:16.519 --> 00:55:19.559 this point, and the best of their entire series together. 1015 00:55:19.599 --> 00:55:21.719 I'm happy they gave these to a pl E spot. 1016 00:55:21.880 --> 00:55:24.239 I'm really happy they gave them a pl spot now 1017 00:55:24.800 --> 00:55:26.400 because this ended up being one of the best things 1018 00:55:26.480 --> 00:55:30.079 on the entire show. The crowd was quiet for a 1019 00:55:30.119 --> 00:55:34.559 while when this was over, just because it took a 1020 00:55:34.559 --> 00:55:36.320 while for them to start to get back up. I 1021 00:55:36.360 --> 00:55:39.920 mean once Scena came out, obviously they were. But it 1022 00:55:39.960 --> 00:55:41.960 was good that they had that gap in between the 1023 00:55:41.960 --> 00:55:44.440 two matches because I'm sure they needed a little come 1024 00:55:44.519 --> 00:55:47.039 down here. But this was as fun as you could 1025 00:55:47.039 --> 00:55:49.199 expect it to be. Is when it comes to these 1026 00:55:49.280 --> 00:55:51.760 WWE weapons matches, you kind of know what to expect, 1027 00:55:52.679 --> 00:55:54.519 so they made the most of it, you know. I 1028 00:55:54.519 --> 00:55:56.719 thought it was fun. I enjoyed it again. I thought 1029 00:55:56.760 --> 00:55:59.119 the visual of the accolade on top of the whiskey 1030 00:55:59.199 --> 00:56:04.119 barrels was really cool. Seamus always delivers in these situations. 1031 00:56:04.400 --> 00:56:06.840 Russev needed this because Russev has not had that one 1032 00:56:06.960 --> 00:56:10.199 standout match since coming back to WWE, and he's been 1033 00:56:10.239 --> 00:56:13.639 back for several months now, so he really needed. I 1034 00:56:13.639 --> 00:56:17.199 think a match like this Seamus was able to give 1035 00:56:17.199 --> 00:56:20.199 it to him. The win means more for him than 1036 00:56:20.199 --> 00:56:23.239 it would for Shamus, because Russev really needed something. The 1037 00:56:23.280 --> 00:56:27.880 only question now is Okay, he won. Do they have 1038 00:56:28.000 --> 00:56:30.960 some big push in mind for him? I don't know. 1039 00:56:31.039 --> 00:56:33.719 You know, the two champions on the brand are both heels, 1040 00:56:34.719 --> 00:56:37.280 so I don't think that's in his immediate future. So 1041 00:56:37.360 --> 00:56:38.880 where do you go from here with him? I mean, 1042 00:56:38.920 --> 00:56:40.400 you could feud him with a big name like a 1043 00:56:40.519 --> 00:56:43.360 Jay Uso or someone like that, but there's got to 1044 00:56:43.400 --> 00:56:46.480 be something in mind otherwise this goes to waste and 1045 00:56:46.519 --> 00:56:49.079 it doesn't mean anything like a win over Seamus in 1046 00:56:49.119 --> 00:56:52.199 a PL match like this and tapping him out should 1047 00:56:52.199 --> 00:56:54.880 have value. It should mean something, but only if you 1048 00:56:54.920 --> 00:56:58.639 can follow up with something meaningful. That's going to be 1049 00:56:58.719 --> 00:57:00.559 up to Paul Levek and what he had planned for 1050 00:57:00.599 --> 00:57:02.559 this guy. So I certainly hope that they have some 1051 00:57:02.679 --> 00:57:05.519 plan in mind for him coming out of this. Shamus 1052 00:57:05.559 --> 00:57:09.440 continues to be basically, you know, a gatekeeper on the 1053 00:57:09.559 --> 00:57:12.679 Raw brand. Hopefully he will have his story at some 1054 00:57:12.760 --> 00:57:16.239 point for the IC title. That's still the biggest story 1055 00:57:16.280 --> 00:57:18.880 that they have not done with him yet. They've kind 1056 00:57:18.920 --> 00:57:21.119 of danced around it and what the title means to him. 1057 00:57:21.159 --> 00:57:24.320 But he still has yet to win the Intercontinental Championships. 1058 00:57:24.400 --> 00:57:27.199 So hopefully at some point he will get his story. 1059 00:57:27.880 --> 00:57:29.880 As far as what Russev's next story is, we'll have 1060 00:57:29.920 --> 00:57:31.719 to wait until Monday and see. But he needs to 1061 00:57:31.719 --> 00:57:33.559 be on that show Monday night, and they have to 1062 00:57:33.559 --> 00:57:38.519 give us some indication of what's coming next for now. 1063 00:57:38.760 --> 00:57:44.039 On commentary, Wade Barrett mentioned that there was a list 1064 00:57:44.079 --> 00:57:47.880 recently in the New York Times technically the Athletic, but 1065 00:57:47.960 --> 00:57:50.679 I think the Times owns the Athletic. But it was 1066 00:57:50.719 --> 00:57:54.000 a list of the twenty five most impactful play by 1067 00:57:54.039 --> 00:57:57.800 play voices in TV history in the twenty first century, 1068 00:57:58.719 --> 00:58:02.920 and he put over Michael Cole. Michael Cole, just to 1069 00:58:02.960 --> 00:58:06.360 clarify here, is not one of the twenty five names 1070 00:58:06.360 --> 00:58:10.159 on that list. He is one of the basically honorable 1071 00:58:10.199 --> 00:58:14.199 mentions on that list. And what really struck me is 1072 00:58:14.239 --> 00:58:16.599 that it wasn't just Michael Cole. Now I should mention 1073 00:58:16.719 --> 00:58:19.400 Joe Testator is on the top twenty five list, I 1074 00:58:19.400 --> 00:58:23.480 believe because he's a real sports voice. I heard him 1075 00:58:23.480 --> 00:58:26.679 this weekend. He was doing college football, so Testatur is 1076 00:58:26.679 --> 00:58:29.960 on there. They mentioned that, But what really struck me 1077 00:58:30.039 --> 00:58:32.639 is that it wasn't just that Michael Cole was casually 1078 00:58:32.679 --> 00:58:36.239 mentioned by the author as like an honorable mention. It 1079 00:58:36.320 --> 00:58:40.199 was Jim Ross and Michael Cole, and they never mentioned 1080 00:58:40.239 --> 00:58:43.039 Jim Ross. And I understand that Jim Ross doesn't work 1081 00:58:43.039 --> 00:58:46.960 for WWE right now, and he hasn't been there in 1082 00:58:46.960 --> 00:58:49.800 many years, Like I understand that, but his voice is 1083 00:58:49.840 --> 00:58:55.280 so and will always be synonymous with WWE. Like his 1084 00:58:55.360 --> 00:58:59.440 most famous calls, which are some of the most famous 1085 00:58:59.440 --> 00:59:03.840 calls in wrestling history, are from when he worked for WWI. 1086 00:59:05.400 --> 00:59:07.719 He was also mentioned in that And to not even 1087 00:59:07.960 --> 00:59:11.079 mention his name and just completely ignore that is so 1088 00:59:11.280 --> 00:59:15.960 fucking petty to me. Like that really really stuck out 1089 00:59:16.000 --> 00:59:18.440 to me here. I'm not saying that they had to 1090 00:59:18.480 --> 00:59:22.960 like celebrate it, but like to just completely ignore the 1091 00:59:23.000 --> 00:59:25.679 fact that he was mentioned alongside Michael Cole. They really 1092 00:59:25.719 --> 00:59:28.119 were mentioned almost as like a tandem, like those were 1093 00:59:28.159 --> 00:59:30.559 the two wrestling names, you know, like on the list. 1094 00:59:31.159 --> 00:59:33.400 I just thought that was so fucking petty. But get 1095 00:59:33.400 --> 00:59:35.239 for Michael Cole. I mean, look, Michael Cole has been 1096 00:59:35.239 --> 00:59:38.639 doing this for a very long time, and kudos to him. 1097 00:59:38.639 --> 00:59:41.000 He's been there for many, many years. He's gotten his 1098 00:59:41.079 --> 00:59:43.519 flowers in recent years when people used to shit on 1099 00:59:43.599 --> 00:59:45.599 him all the time, and he's very good at what 1100 00:59:45.639 --> 00:59:48.159 he does. But I just thought, how can you just 1101 00:59:48.280 --> 00:59:50.800 completely leave out Jim Ross when he's such an important 1102 00:59:50.840 --> 00:59:53.199 part of the fabric of this company and some of 1103 00:59:53.199 --> 00:59:58.079 the most famous calls in WWE of all time, and 1104 00:59:58.159 --> 01:00:02.079 to not even mention the name is just ridiculous to me. 1105 01:00:04.079 --> 01:00:06.360 But after this, we had what ended up being the 1106 01:00:06.440 --> 01:00:09.679 best match on the entire show. We had John Cena 1107 01:00:10.679 --> 01:00:14.920 one on one against Logan. Paul Sina got the monster 1108 01:00:15.039 --> 01:00:17.719 reaction that you would expect here for his final appearance, 1109 01:00:17.719 --> 01:00:22.519 his final match ever in Paris, Alisha Taylor gave him 1110 01:00:22.519 --> 01:00:24.840 the greatest of all time introduction that he gets every 1111 01:00:24.880 --> 01:00:27.000 time he comes out on TV now because Mark Nash 1112 01:00:27.119 --> 01:00:29.320 was not there, so Alicia Taylor did it. She was 1113 01:00:29.360 --> 01:00:36.800 a ring announcer. Logan used his titanium fist to his advantage. 1114 01:00:36.800 --> 01:00:39.480 Early in the match, Sena fought back. He did the 1115 01:00:39.519 --> 01:00:42.920 weakest looking ten corner punches that you will ever see. 1116 01:00:43.159 --> 01:00:46.960 My god, oh my goodness. Sena tried a monkey flip. 1117 01:00:47.119 --> 01:00:50.880 Paul landed on his feet booted. Sena Logan came off 1118 01:00:50.960 --> 01:00:53.039 the middle rope with a blockbuster and then a delayed 1119 01:00:53.119 --> 01:00:55.239 vertical suit plex. He was holding I would say he 1120 01:00:55.280 --> 01:00:57.840 was holding Scena up there for a good five or 1121 01:00:57.880 --> 01:01:02.239 six seconds. I mean, he lost some mass over the years, 1122 01:01:02.239 --> 01:01:05.719 but Sena is no small man, so he dropped him 1123 01:01:05.920 --> 01:01:08.599 on the supplex only for a two count. Logan hit 1124 01:01:08.639 --> 01:01:12.679 a leaping European uppercut in the corner, and shockingly, I 1125 01:01:12.800 --> 01:01:17.360 was not expecting this. Michael Cole described it as Csorrow like. 1126 01:01:18.119 --> 01:01:21.760 I was like, come again. I was not expecting a 1127 01:01:21.800 --> 01:01:25.039 Cesorrow mentioned here on this show, especially in the same 1128 01:01:25.079 --> 01:01:29.559 week that Csorrow was main eventing the other show. It 1129 01:01:29.639 --> 01:01:33.440 was very Cesorrow like. Seena landed a series of shoulder 1130 01:01:33.480 --> 01:01:36.920 tackles and connected with a five knuckle shuffle seen a 1131 01:01:37.000 --> 01:01:40.000 lifted Paul Logan, though worked out of it. He went 1132 01:01:40.039 --> 01:01:43.159 to the apron and he followed with his version of 1133 01:01:43.480 --> 01:01:46.400 the buckshot lariat for a two count. You know they 1134 01:01:46.440 --> 01:01:50.280 were previously they were referring to it as the snapshot lariat, 1135 01:01:51.599 --> 01:01:53.639 and there was no mention of that here, so I 1136 01:01:53.679 --> 01:01:56.360 don't know if they just forgot that they had given 1137 01:01:56.400 --> 01:01:58.280 it a name, or if the name has already been dropped. 1138 01:01:58.440 --> 01:02:01.159 I mean everyone's going to call it a buckshot anyway. 1139 01:02:01.480 --> 01:02:03.239 But yeah, there there was no mention of it being 1140 01:02:03.280 --> 01:02:07.719 a snapshot lariat anymore. Guess the name didn't stick. Paul 1141 01:02:07.760 --> 01:02:11.280 went for his Paul from Grace frog splash. Seena got 1142 01:02:11.280 --> 01:02:13.639 the knees up and then he hit an attitude adjustment 1143 01:02:13.760 --> 01:02:17.360 for a near fall. Sina went for another one. Logan 1144 01:02:17.440 --> 01:02:20.840 countered into an octopus hold and we got an Antonio 1145 01:02:20.880 --> 01:02:24.920 ANOCHI mentioned here. Scena countered he sank in an stfu. 1146 01:02:25.360 --> 01:02:28.159 I believe he called it by that name. Paul got 1147 01:02:28.199 --> 01:02:30.800 to the ropes, so we got the rope break. Scena 1148 01:02:30.880 --> 01:02:33.159 followed up with a tornado DDT that earned him the 1149 01:02:33.199 --> 01:02:37.199 near fall. Logan went for the knockout shot, seen him 1150 01:02:37.239 --> 01:02:40.760 move though and delivered a shoulder tackle. Logan came back 1151 01:02:40.760 --> 01:02:44.559 and caught Seena with a zigzag for a two count. 1152 01:02:44.880 --> 01:02:47.559 Paul went for his version of a buck shot again. Sena, though, 1153 01:02:47.599 --> 01:02:50.559 caught him and planted him with a Baron Corbin esque 1154 01:02:51.519 --> 01:02:55.400 End of Days and poor Baron Corbin. You know, we 1155 01:02:55.480 --> 01:02:59.599 had Michael Cole refer to the upper cut before as 1156 01:03:00.440 --> 01:03:06.119 csorrow like, and then when Logan hit the zigzag, they 1157 01:03:06.159 --> 01:03:10.000 mentioned dob Ziggler seeing it hits the end of days. 1158 01:03:10.039 --> 01:03:13.800 No mention of end of Days, no mention of Baron Corbin, 1159 01:03:14.280 --> 01:03:19.000 poor Bishop Dyer, not even worthy of a mention. Wade 1160 01:03:19.079 --> 01:03:21.000 Barrett called it a I think it was like a 1161 01:03:21.119 --> 01:03:24.519 variation of a flatliner, only for a near fall. You 1162 01:03:24.559 --> 01:03:26.920 talk about protected moves, I mentioned the bro kick a 1163 01:03:26.960 --> 01:03:30.880 little while ago. The end of Days is one of 1164 01:03:30.880 --> 01:03:34.559 the most protected moves ever in WWE. I think only 1165 01:03:34.599 --> 01:03:38.239 one person, maybe someone after did and I just don't remember. 1166 01:03:38.760 --> 01:03:42.960 To my recollection, Drew McIntyre may well be the only 1167 01:03:42.960 --> 01:03:45.119 person to ever kick out of an end of Days, 1168 01:03:45.480 --> 01:03:48.480 and if somebody kicked out after that, there weren't very 1169 01:03:48.480 --> 01:03:52.800 many who did. That was a WrestleMania a few years ago. 1170 01:03:52.960 --> 01:03:55.760 But I remember Corbin mentioning that undertaker, I think is 1171 01:03:55.800 --> 01:03:57.679 the one who may have given him that advice, where 1172 01:03:58.679 --> 01:04:01.559 protect your finisher, you know, protect your finish and don't 1173 01:04:01.599 --> 01:04:03.599 let people just kick out, which is true. I wish 1174 01:04:03.639 --> 01:04:06.840 more people would take that advice, but that is that 1175 01:04:06.960 --> 01:04:09.480 is still one of the more protected finishing moves that 1176 01:04:09.519 --> 01:04:12.800 a wrestler has used ever. In WWE's The End of Days, 1177 01:04:13.480 --> 01:04:16.599 Sina lifted Paul, but Logan worked out of it. Went 1178 01:04:16.599 --> 01:04:19.000 to the top rope, where he landed a swanton bomb 1179 01:04:19.599 --> 01:04:21.719 and then followed that with a standing moon salt for 1180 01:04:21.760 --> 01:04:25.239 a two count. Logan hit another running uppercut. Paul went 1181 01:04:25.280 --> 01:04:29.039 for another one, he missed, and Sena slammed him. Logan 1182 01:04:29.119 --> 01:04:33.280 came up bleeding from the nose. Then we had boy, 1183 01:04:33.320 --> 01:04:35.719 you want to tell that John Cena had his working 1184 01:04:35.760 --> 01:04:40.760 shoes on here he hit An Angel's wings. I thought 1185 01:04:40.760 --> 01:04:42.960 he was going for a pedigree at first. He did 1186 01:04:43.039 --> 01:04:45.440 the double underhook and he got Logan up and he 1187 01:04:45.440 --> 01:04:47.719 held him there and then dropped him face first. So 1188 01:04:48.239 --> 01:04:51.679 we had John Cena doing the Christopher Daniels Angels wings. 1189 01:04:52.840 --> 01:04:56.280 Sena then ran it Logan. Logan countered into a pop 1190 01:04:56.360 --> 01:05:00.480 up uppercut again cesorrow like, but it didn't quite connect 1191 01:05:00.519 --> 01:05:03.400 the way he wanted it to. Yeah, he caught Sena 1192 01:05:03.519 --> 01:05:07.159 like in the chest, not really in the face. Logan 1193 01:05:07.199 --> 01:05:10.159 pulled the shoulder tackle combo, or pulled off the shoulder 1194 01:05:10.239 --> 01:05:13.000 tackle combo that Sena usually does set up for a 1195 01:05:13.039 --> 01:05:16.360 five knuckle shuffle. Logan ran the rope Scena, though, popped 1196 01:05:16.440 --> 01:05:20.800 up and grabbed him and delivered an attitude adjustment, which 1197 01:05:20.840 --> 01:05:24.280 was only good for an ear fall. Logan kicks out. 1198 01:05:25.320 --> 01:05:29.360 Sina hit a standing rana and then a code read 1199 01:05:30.000 --> 01:05:34.639 for an ear fall, and for the five thousandth time 1200 01:05:35.320 --> 01:05:37.400 in the match, or at least it felt that way, 1201 01:05:37.920 --> 01:05:41.679 John Cena lifted Logan for an attitude adjustment. Logan wiggled 1202 01:05:41.679 --> 01:05:45.519 free hit Sena with his knockout punch. It was not enough, 1203 01:05:45.559 --> 01:05:48.719 though Scena kicked out. Logan went to the top. He 1204 01:05:48.760 --> 01:05:52.920 connected with the pull from Grace quickly hauled ass to 1205 01:05:52.960 --> 01:05:57.480 the opposite corner and Seena rolled. He rolled closer to 1206 01:05:57.559 --> 01:06:00.559 that corner to accommodate him, and Logan went up. He 1207 01:06:00.599 --> 01:06:04.519 went for a second paul from Grace landed a second one. 1208 01:06:05.000 --> 01:06:08.119 Sceena kicked out. At two, Logan connected with a five 1209 01:06:08.199 --> 01:06:12.559 knuckle shuffle. He lifted Scena. Sena countered out, and then 1210 01:06:12.599 --> 01:06:17.000 he pulled off a styles clash again only four a 1211 01:06:17.039 --> 01:06:20.599 near fall. Sina went to the middle rope. He was 1212 01:06:20.639 --> 01:06:25.239 going to try for an avalanche AA. Logan shoved him off, 1213 01:06:25.880 --> 01:06:29.039 then hit a crossbody off the top. Scena caught him, 1214 01:06:29.400 --> 01:06:33.440 rolled through, got up to his feet. He placed Logan 1215 01:06:33.480 --> 01:06:37.760 on his shoulders and hit the attitude adjustment. He quickly 1216 01:06:37.760 --> 01:06:42.280 transitioned into another AA attempt. Logan slipped out at this point. 1217 01:06:42.320 --> 01:06:44.719 Now he totally is no selling the attitude adjustment that 1218 01:06:44.760 --> 01:06:47.000 he just got. He just got hit with an attitude 1219 01:06:47.000 --> 01:06:49.639 adjustment which is supposed to be seen his finish. Sina 1220 01:06:49.679 --> 01:06:52.400 went for a second one, right, Logan counters out of it. 1221 01:06:52.440 --> 01:06:54.239 You would never know he just got hit with an AA. 1222 01:06:54.599 --> 01:06:57.159 He tried, He threw a punch. I think Sena ducked 1223 01:06:57.440 --> 01:07:00.719 picked him up. Hit the second AA anyway. Apparently the 1224 01:07:00.760 --> 01:07:03.440 second one knocked him loopy, not the first one, and 1225 01:07:03.599 --> 01:07:06.480 Sina covers him and he gets the three count and 1226 01:07:06.559 --> 01:07:11.400 John Cena wins. John Cena, as I said earlier, has 1227 01:07:11.440 --> 01:07:14.239 now wrapped up the month of August, and in the 1228 01:07:14.280 --> 01:07:16.840 month of August, he has capped it off by having 1229 01:07:16.880 --> 01:07:20.639 the two best matches he has had all year, thirty 1230 01:07:20.880 --> 01:07:25.599 seven minutes against Cody Rhodes at SummerSlam. Great match. Love 1231 01:07:25.679 --> 01:07:29.039 that match, I mean it blew away there WrestleMania match 1232 01:07:29.079 --> 01:07:32.960 with a Bazuka here. A few weeks later, he comes 1233 01:07:33.000 --> 01:07:36.280 out here with Logan Paul, who does not have the 1234 01:07:36.360 --> 01:07:39.079 level of experience that a Cody Rhods does, and he 1235 01:07:39.119 --> 01:07:42.039 has a twenty six minute match that wasn't quite the 1236 01:07:42.079 --> 01:07:45.239 banger that the Cody Roads match was, but I still 1237 01:07:45.239 --> 01:07:47.719 thought it was an excellent match. And again, imagine what 1238 01:07:47.800 --> 01:07:52.519 we could have had. Imagine what we could have had 1239 01:07:53.119 --> 01:07:55.800 if the Rock was not obsessed with turning Cody Rhodes 1240 01:07:55.840 --> 01:07:58.559 heel and Triple H came up with the idea to 1241 01:07:58.559 --> 01:08:01.280 turn John Cena heel instead, to get the Rock to 1242 01:08:01.400 --> 01:08:04.960 calm down about Cody Rhads going heel, perhaps we would 1243 01:08:05.039 --> 01:08:08.159 not have ended up in this situation. Better late than never. 1244 01:08:08.960 --> 01:08:11.719 An excellent match with scene A playing his greatest hits. 1245 01:08:11.760 --> 01:08:14.079 What he was doing here was incorporating even the moves 1246 01:08:14.079 --> 01:08:17.880 that he himself was not necessarily doing. But clearly they 1247 01:08:17.920 --> 01:08:21.199 were incorporating moves from some of his past rivals like 1248 01:08:21.279 --> 01:08:25.079 Cesaro and Dov Ziggler and aj styles. Right, they were 1249 01:08:25.119 --> 01:08:27.640 sprinkled through. I don't know where that fucking angels wings 1250 01:08:27.680 --> 01:08:33.720 came from, but clearly they were sprinkling in some moves 1251 01:08:33.760 --> 01:08:36.880 from his past and pass matches that he had, and 1252 01:08:36.920 --> 01:08:39.039 he had his working shoes on. Here he went from 1253 01:08:39.079 --> 01:08:42.239 five moves of doom to a solid nine here in 1254 01:08:42.279 --> 01:08:46.760 this match. It was quite something to see. It was 1255 01:08:46.760 --> 01:08:50.239 also a trademark John Cena match. You have countless attitude 1256 01:08:50.239 --> 01:08:54.039 adjustments or attitude adjustment attempts and kickouts. It's been a 1257 01:08:54.079 --> 01:08:57.279 staple of his matches now, going back over a decade, 1258 01:08:57.560 --> 01:09:00.239 going back at least to the Rock matches. That's how 1259 01:09:00.319 --> 01:09:03.279 far back that goes. So that's just been a staple. 1260 01:09:03.520 --> 01:09:06.680 And you know, the spot calling and stuff, and if 1261 01:09:06.720 --> 01:09:09.520 you watch for it, it's all right there. You know. 1262 01:09:09.600 --> 01:09:12.640 That's always been a staple of these John Cena matches. 1263 01:09:13.520 --> 01:09:16.000 It doesn't take away from the quality though of this one. 1264 01:09:16.000 --> 01:09:18.079 Here Crab was hot for most of it. They would 1265 01:09:18.119 --> 01:09:20.800 randomly break out into song and dance and they were 1266 01:09:20.800 --> 01:09:23.560 going nuts for a lot of the near falls, and 1267 01:09:23.600 --> 01:09:26.279 there were a lot of them here. But the atmosphere 1268 01:09:26.319 --> 01:09:30.840 really did help play a role in this match. Logan, Look, 1269 01:09:30.920 --> 01:09:34.680 Logan more than held out his end of the bargain. Logan, 1270 01:09:34.760 --> 01:09:38.680 Paul is very good. Logan, Paul is very athletic. There's 1271 01:09:38.720 --> 01:09:40.680 things he can do in these matches that John Cena 1272 01:09:40.720 --> 01:09:43.199 simply cannot do. There's things that he can do in 1273 01:09:43.239 --> 01:09:45.720 these matches that John Cena couldn't do ten or fifteen 1274 01:09:45.800 --> 01:09:49.199 years ago, so he's very good at that. But you know, 1275 01:09:49.279 --> 01:09:51.720 he was where he needed to be for some of 1276 01:09:51.760 --> 01:09:54.960 the key spots. There were really no moments that stand 1277 01:09:54.960 --> 01:09:59.079 out to me on his part where he screwed something 1278 01:09:59.159 --> 01:10:03.079 up or brought the match down in some way. You know, 1279 01:10:03.159 --> 01:10:04.640 he worked with Cina and I thought the two of 1280 01:10:04.680 --> 01:10:07.119 them worked very well together. Now, when the match was over, 1281 01:10:07.199 --> 01:10:10.800 Sina went over to the young fan from Brussels. He's 1282 01:10:10.800 --> 01:10:13.840 been on all these shows, the young fan, the kid 1283 01:10:13.840 --> 01:10:17.039 from Brussels back in March when he keeled on that 1284 01:10:17.119 --> 01:10:20.359 kid in the crowd in his first heel promo. That 1285 01:10:20.479 --> 01:10:24.640 kid was on SmackDown on Friday in Leon in Leon, France, 1286 01:10:25.600 --> 01:10:28.439 and Sina went over to him. I talked about this 1287 01:10:28.479 --> 01:10:30.600 in my SmackDown review. The kid had his face buried 1288 01:10:30.600 --> 01:10:32.359 in his phone. Sena is right in front of him, 1289 01:10:32.399 --> 01:10:34.840 He's got his arm around him. Sina is staring him 1290 01:10:34.840 --> 01:10:37.920 in the face, and this kid is probably just frantically like, 1291 01:10:37.920 --> 01:10:40.079 oh I got to get to the camera. App like, dude, 1292 01:10:40.119 --> 01:10:43.199 look up, John Cena is right here. You're on live TV, bro. 1293 01:10:44.439 --> 01:10:46.720 So they had that moment because Sina went into the 1294 01:10:46.720 --> 01:10:49.760 crowd to prove to Logan Paul that you know, we 1295 01:10:49.840 --> 01:10:52.079 all have a bad day, and he wanted to go 1296 01:10:52.119 --> 01:10:54.920 over to the kid and personally apologize to him and 1297 01:10:54.920 --> 01:10:57.520 give him a hug. So that kid was back again 1298 01:10:57.560 --> 01:11:00.840 on this show, and Sina knew exactly where he was. 1299 01:11:00.840 --> 01:11:02.760 He was right there in the front row, and Sina 1300 01:11:02.840 --> 01:11:04.760 went over to him, and again this time, the kid 1301 01:11:04.920 --> 01:11:06.920 had no phote in his hand. The kid was enjoying 1302 01:11:06.960 --> 01:11:09.359 the moment, looking right into the camera, and it was 1303 01:11:09.399 --> 01:11:11.079 a nice moment. But again, I sit here and I 1304 01:11:11.119 --> 01:11:14.760 wonder who is this kid related to? Which employee that 1305 01:11:14.800 --> 01:11:19.039 works for WWE? Is this kid? Is this kid related 1306 01:11:19.039 --> 01:11:24.399 to I must know Holy planted fan, I must know 1307 01:11:24.439 --> 01:11:29.319 the answer to this question. But good for him. And 1308 01:11:29.319 --> 01:11:31.279 then he went over Sena did and he kissed his 1309 01:11:31.319 --> 01:11:37.560 wife Shay. He went over and hugged Jelly Roll and 1310 01:11:37.920 --> 01:11:40.720 post Malone, and then he got back into the ring 1311 01:11:40.800 --> 01:11:43.039 one final time to celebrate. So it was a nice 1312 01:11:43.079 --> 01:11:46.560 moment there at the end. I'm glad he won. I 1313 01:11:46.640 --> 01:11:48.239 was a little worried they might give it to low 1314 01:11:48.439 --> 01:11:50.439 just because I don't really want to see scene and 1315 01:11:50.520 --> 01:11:52.880 just lose and put everybody over for the rest of 1316 01:11:52.880 --> 01:11:55.960 this run. When you put everybody over, you get nobody over. 1317 01:11:56.640 --> 01:11:58.880 So he should lose his final I do think he 1318 01:11:58.880 --> 01:12:00.800 should lose his final match. I mean, we'll see who 1319 01:12:00.800 --> 01:12:02.600 they put him in the ring with in that final match, 1320 01:12:04.439 --> 01:12:07.079 but I think he after losing the title, you know, 1321 01:12:07.119 --> 01:12:10.680 get back to his winning ways for a little bit. Obviously, 1322 01:12:10.720 --> 01:12:14.960 he's going to be wrestling Brock at Wrestle Palooza, and 1323 01:12:15.079 --> 01:12:17.640 I don't know if Brock is just back for the 1324 01:12:17.640 --> 01:12:19.479 Sena match this year and they're going to hold off 1325 01:12:19.560 --> 01:12:21.640 for his next program and we don't see him again 1326 01:12:21.720 --> 01:12:25.600 until next year, or if he's back as full time 1327 01:12:25.600 --> 01:12:27.479 as Brock can be. If Brock is back, we still 1328 01:12:27.520 --> 01:12:30.800 don't know. Brock was not on this show. Brock was 1329 01:12:30.840 --> 01:12:34.039 never rumored for this show. There was a rumor online 1330 01:12:34.039 --> 01:12:36.640 about Brock being spotted in Paris. That was bullshit. That 1331 01:12:36.760 --> 01:12:40.760 was a photo from Canada. Recently, Brock Lesnar is not 1332 01:12:40.800 --> 01:12:45.079 scheduled to be back on SmackDown until September twelfth. September twelfth, 1333 01:12:45.079 --> 01:12:48.039 they're going to be in Norfolk, Virginia, so we have 1334 01:12:48.159 --> 01:12:50.319 one smack Down between now and then. That's the one 1335 01:12:50.359 --> 01:12:52.680 this coming Friday, I would imagine that's when Nick all 1336 01:12:52.720 --> 01:12:55.680 this will make the announcement. Do not expect to see 1337 01:12:55.720 --> 01:12:58.760 Brock back on TV until September twelfth. He is scheduled 1338 01:12:58.800 --> 01:13:02.319 for September twelfth, September nineteenth, and that would then lead 1339 01:13:02.359 --> 01:13:06.840 into September twentieth, which is Russell Palooza. So we'll have 1340 01:13:06.880 --> 01:13:10.720 to wait and see exactly what the explanation is of 1341 01:13:11.159 --> 01:13:13.680 Brock being back when and if we get to hear 1342 01:13:13.720 --> 01:13:15.359 from him. I thought we were going to get an 1343 01:13:15.359 --> 01:13:17.760 explanation for why he attacked Cody Rhodes when he feuded 1344 01:13:17.760 --> 01:13:20.319 with Cody, and we never got one, So I'm not 1345 01:13:20.399 --> 01:13:23.119 going to assume that we're going to get anything. It 1346 01:13:23.199 --> 01:13:25.119 may just be that Brock shows up and gives a 1347 01:13:25.119 --> 01:13:27.720 couple of f fives and that's about it. But it 1348 01:13:27.840 --> 01:13:30.319 sure would be nice to get some sort of explanation 1349 01:13:30.439 --> 01:13:33.600 for why now, but don't expect to see him for 1350 01:13:33.600 --> 01:13:39.720 a couple more weeks. Jackie Redmond was shown outside Seth 1351 01:13:39.800 --> 01:13:43.760 rollins locker room. Rollins walked out and Redmond brought up 1352 01:13:43.800 --> 01:13:47.039 the fact that Rollins is without his crew, and Seth said, 1353 01:13:47.479 --> 01:13:53.439 it's always two s. It's always got Bremode. Hey, at 1354 01:13:53.520 --> 01:13:56.399 least it wasn't Brie Bella with the big reveal at 1355 01:13:56.439 --> 01:13:58.720 the end of the show. How fucking awful would that 1356 01:13:58.760 --> 01:14:04.199 have been? That would have been terrible. Besseth said he's 1357 01:14:04.239 --> 01:14:07.520 always two steps ahead. The world thinks that he's at 1358 01:14:07.560 --> 01:14:10.760 a disadvantage tonight, but he asked Jackie if she remembered 1359 01:14:10.760 --> 01:14:13.960 who won the main event a WrestleMania. Rolin said that 1360 01:14:13.960 --> 01:14:16.399 he's never needed anybody and he is a multi time 1361 01:14:16.439 --> 01:14:19.800 world champion. He's the greatest in ring performer in the 1362 01:14:19.840 --> 01:14:22.920 history of the industry, he said. Rollin said he will 1363 01:14:22.920 --> 01:14:25.520 remind the world why he is a visionary, said that 1364 01:14:25.600 --> 01:14:27.520 if he can't keep the title by himself, then he 1365 01:14:27.560 --> 01:14:31.479 does not deserve to be the champion. And Michael Cole 1366 01:14:31.560 --> 01:14:35.239 back at ringside, reminded everybody that Paul Hayman and Roman 1367 01:14:35.279 --> 01:14:38.600 Reigns are both in the hospital. Bron Breaker and Bronson 1368 01:14:38.640 --> 01:14:41.359 Reed are barred from the building. They're not going to 1369 01:14:41.399 --> 01:14:44.600 be part of this match. And this match was the 1370 01:14:44.600 --> 01:14:46.640 main event. It was the four weight match for the 1371 01:14:46.680 --> 01:14:51.119 World Heavyweight Championship with Seth Rollins defending against Cmpunk, against 1372 01:14:51.279 --> 01:14:54.600 La Knight and against Jay Usso. And you know for 1373 01:14:54.800 --> 01:14:56.520 all of the awful shit that we saw in those 1374 01:14:56.600 --> 01:15:00.880 videos today about fans swarming Ria Ripley and Amos and 1375 01:15:01.039 --> 01:15:05.159 all that, on a happier note, just show that not 1376 01:15:05.239 --> 01:15:09.319 all fans are dicks. There was a video yesterday that 1377 01:15:09.399 --> 01:15:13.359 I saw of l A. Knight in a playground I 1378 01:15:13.359 --> 01:15:18.199 guess somewhere in France in Paris, playing a game of 1379 01:15:18.199 --> 01:15:21.319 pickup basketball with some fans. He was just having a 1380 01:15:21.359 --> 01:15:23.239 basketball game. Now, imagine if you would have gotten injured 1381 01:15:23.279 --> 01:15:25.600 during that game, that would have been terrible. But no, 1382 01:15:25.760 --> 01:15:28.600 he was just hanging out with some fans and playing basketball. 1383 01:15:28.840 --> 01:15:31.720 I was like, Okay, that's cool. See that's a cool moment. 1384 01:15:32.800 --> 01:15:37.279 We need more shit like that. So anyway, it was 1385 01:15:37.680 --> 01:15:42.520 La Knight coming out after Jay Usso who came out 1386 01:15:42.560 --> 01:15:45.319 first through the crowd. Then it was Punk and then 1387 01:15:45.359 --> 01:15:49.039 the champion entered last. All four men, they were sizing 1388 01:15:49.079 --> 01:15:51.439 each other up. Punk kicked j out of the ring 1389 01:15:51.479 --> 01:15:54.880 as payback from what happened on Raw. Rollin's bailed out 1390 01:15:54.880 --> 01:15:57.840 of the ring. He left Night in Punk alone. Night 1391 01:15:57.920 --> 01:16:00.760 got the better of their exchange. Rollin they'll slip back 1392 01:16:00.760 --> 01:16:03.720 in to take advantage Jay and Knight. They took turns 1393 01:16:03.760 --> 01:16:06.319 punching Rollins. Also, the fans can go back and forth 1394 01:16:06.319 --> 01:16:10.199 and chant yeat and yeah or is it yeah and yeats? 1395 01:16:10.239 --> 01:16:13.159 I don't know whichever order you want to put them in. 1396 01:16:14.279 --> 01:16:18.199 Rollins found himself surrounded by the babyfaces, so they all 1397 01:16:18.199 --> 01:16:20.399 put the boots to him. Of course, Punk and Knight 1398 01:16:20.439 --> 01:16:23.680 they couldn't get along because each man wanted to get 1399 01:16:23.720 --> 01:16:27.359 their hands on seth Rollins. Jay talked them into working together, 1400 01:16:27.439 --> 01:16:30.760 so they all took turns hitting spots on Rollins, Jay 1401 01:16:30.800 --> 01:16:34.960 and Punk. They decided to yeat Night though, thought they 1402 01:16:35.000 --> 01:16:38.640 should focus and get a table, so Punk gave Jay 1403 01:16:38.640 --> 01:16:42.640 a shove and told him to get the tables. Doing 1404 01:16:42.680 --> 01:16:47.279 his best Bubba Ray Dudley impression. Jay did help Punk 1405 01:16:47.319 --> 01:16:51.239 get a table before then superkicking him. Jay also superkick 1406 01:16:51.319 --> 01:16:55.039 Knight before going after Rollins in the crowd. They all 1407 01:16:55.039 --> 01:16:58.199 wound up back in the ring, traded spots until Rollin's 1408 01:16:58.239 --> 01:17:00.800 hit Punk with a pedigree, Rollin hit Night with a 1409 01:17:00.800 --> 01:17:03.840 buckle bomb for two, Jay with a frog splash for 1410 01:17:03.880 --> 01:17:06.720 another near fall. Then it was Night's time to shine 1411 01:17:07.279 --> 01:17:09.399 and he hit moves on all three men. It was 1412 01:17:09.439 --> 01:17:11.439 Punk's turn next, He got to do a tower of 1413 01:17:11.520 --> 01:17:14.520 doom Spot. He brought down La Night and Jay Usso 1414 01:17:15.439 --> 01:17:19.920 off the top. Moments later, Night spotted Punk on the apron, 1415 01:17:20.960 --> 01:17:22.399 and Punk I think he was looking. I don't know 1416 01:17:22.399 --> 01:17:24.159 if he was looking down at somebody on the ground 1417 01:17:24.239 --> 01:17:26.000 or looking into the crowd, but he's on the apron 1418 01:17:26.279 --> 01:17:29.079 and he's got his back turned and he just can't 1419 01:17:29.079 --> 01:17:33.119 help himself. So Night rushes over and he knocks them. 1420 01:17:33.159 --> 01:17:35.680 Punk off the apron and Punk is a slim gym 1421 01:17:35.760 --> 01:17:39.800 table on the outside. Punk falls off the apron. He 1422 01:17:39.960 --> 01:17:43.680 lands on the slim gym table, but he bounces off 1423 01:17:43.720 --> 01:17:46.439 of it. The table breaks. I don't know what these 1424 01:17:46.439 --> 01:17:48.960 fucking tables are made of. Whatever it is, it's the 1425 01:17:49.000 --> 01:17:52.000 exact opposite of these new announced desks. So the table 1426 01:17:52.079 --> 01:17:54.920 broke right down the middle, but again it was more 1427 01:17:55.039 --> 01:17:57.079 like Punk kind of bounced off of it and then 1428 01:17:57.119 --> 01:18:00.560 he landed on the floor, basically the same thing Punk 1429 01:18:00.560 --> 01:18:03.600 had done to La Knight on Raw and Knight shrugged 1430 01:18:03.600 --> 01:18:07.159 it off, shrugged his shoulders just like Punk did to him. 1431 01:18:07.560 --> 01:18:10.279 Hit rollins with a bft, Jay broke up the cover. 1432 01:18:10.880 --> 01:18:13.840 Knight repeatedly bound Jay's head off the announced table before 1433 01:18:13.840 --> 01:18:16.960 doing the same to Seth Rollins. Knight then placed Rollins 1434 01:18:16.960 --> 01:18:19.079 on top of the French announced desk, and he looks 1435 01:18:19.159 --> 01:18:21.720 up like he's Logan Paul. He's gonna go to the 1436 01:18:21.760 --> 01:18:25.720 top row, and he's significantly older than Logan Paul, but 1437 01:18:25.840 --> 01:18:28.279 damn it, he's going up top. So he climbs up 1438 01:18:28.319 --> 01:18:31.239 to the top row and Jay usso briefly gets up 1439 01:18:31.279 --> 01:18:33.079 on the apron to try to stop him. Knight kicks 1440 01:18:33.119 --> 01:18:36.920 him away, but that momentary distraction gives Seth Rollins all 1441 01:18:36.920 --> 01:18:39.479 the time he needs to roll off the desk just 1442 01:18:39.560 --> 01:18:43.039 as La Knight comes flying off with this diving elbow drop, 1443 01:18:43.560 --> 01:18:46.760 and he took a wicked bump through the announced desk. 1444 01:18:46.920 --> 01:18:49.319 It was a rough bump, it was It was honestly 1445 01:18:49.359 --> 01:18:52.720 the biggest bump of the entire match. And La Knight 1446 01:18:52.800 --> 01:18:56.039 just crashed and burned through that announced table and that 1447 01:18:56.159 --> 01:18:58.479 was pretty much it for La Knight in this match. 1448 01:18:58.520 --> 01:19:01.000 He did not have another offensive for the rest of 1449 01:19:01.000 --> 01:19:04.279 this match. Jay went for a spear on Seth, but 1450 01:19:04.399 --> 01:19:07.279 as he flew in, Rollins kind of jumped up and 1451 01:19:07.319 --> 01:19:10.159 grabbed him in a pedigree position and dropped him with 1452 01:19:10.159 --> 01:19:14.279 a pedigree covered him. Jay kicked out. Jay managed to 1453 01:19:14.319 --> 01:19:16.960 make a comeback. He hit an USO splash. Punk though 1454 01:19:17.039 --> 01:19:19.920 broke up the cover with an elbow drop. Punk hit 1455 01:19:20.000 --> 01:19:23.159 Jay with the GTS as he covered Jay usso though 1456 01:19:23.159 --> 01:19:26.319 here comes seth. He flies in with a stomp and 1457 01:19:26.359 --> 01:19:30.119 he stomps on Punk's head, goes for the pin, only 1458 01:19:30.159 --> 01:19:33.720 gets a near fall out of it. Rollins begins screaming 1459 01:19:33.760 --> 01:19:36.920 at Punk about I hate you, I hate your family. 1460 01:19:38.840 --> 01:19:42.640 Rollins then hit curb stumps to Jay. He went over 1461 01:19:42.680 --> 01:19:45.000 to where La Knight was laying in the rubble of 1462 01:19:45.039 --> 01:19:49.079 the table on all fours, hit a stomp on him. 1463 01:19:49.399 --> 01:19:51.439 Not that he was getting back into the match anyway, 1464 01:19:51.800 --> 01:19:54.159 but now you knew he was done for the night, 1465 01:19:54.720 --> 01:19:58.079 so that was it for La Night. Back inside, Rollins 1466 01:19:58.159 --> 01:20:01.920 places Punk's head in between a chair and he goes 1467 01:20:01.960 --> 01:20:05.840 for a stomp. Punk, though avoids it, and he manages 1468 01:20:05.920 --> 01:20:10.640 to hit a GTS and Rollins falls backwards into the ropes, 1469 01:20:10.720 --> 01:20:15.159 bounces off the ropes right back onto Punk's shoulders and 1470 01:20:15.239 --> 01:20:17.920 Punk is gonna set up for one more go to sleep, 1471 01:20:18.079 --> 01:20:21.319 and he's taking his time, and the camera is kind 1472 01:20:21.359 --> 01:20:25.279 of tight on CM Punk and I'm thinking, okay, there 1473 01:20:25.359 --> 01:20:27.279 might well be a new member there might be a 1474 01:20:27.359 --> 01:20:29.600 fourth member of the vision here coming out? Who's it 1475 01:20:29.640 --> 01:20:32.000 going to be? Who from NXTA, Maybe Who's it going 1476 01:20:32.039 --> 01:20:35.399 to be? Who's coming out here? And Punk is standing 1477 01:20:35.399 --> 01:20:37.479 there and he's looking straight ahead and he's talking shit, 1478 01:20:37.520 --> 01:20:39.760 and I'm like, just do the fucking move, bro, But 1479 01:20:39.800 --> 01:20:43.760 then you see somebody roll into the ring cloaked in 1480 01:20:43.920 --> 01:20:46.239 all black, like an all black hoodie with a hood 1481 01:20:46.720 --> 01:20:49.079 can't really see who it is, and this person delivers 1482 01:20:49.600 --> 01:20:53.439 a low blow to see him Punk, and then they 1483 01:20:53.479 --> 01:20:58.720 reveal themselves to be Becky Lynch. Rollins then stumps Punk's 1484 01:20:58.720 --> 01:21:01.359 head onto the chair and he pins him to retain 1485 01:21:01.439 --> 01:21:05.840 the World Heavyweight Championship twenty five minutes into this. Maybe 1486 01:21:05.880 --> 01:21:09.800 was actually just shy of the length of the John 1487 01:21:09.880 --> 01:21:14.439 Cena Logan Paul match. Rollins and Becky then kiss and 1488 01:21:14.560 --> 01:21:18.840 they celebrate their victory as the show goes off the air. Well, 1489 01:21:19.319 --> 01:21:21.560 at least La Knight did not take the losing fall. 1490 01:21:22.039 --> 01:21:23.880 I thought Knight was going to take the losing fall. 1491 01:21:23.960 --> 01:21:25.920 Other people thought that Jay Usso was going to take 1492 01:21:25.920 --> 01:21:27.960 the losing fall. I didn't think it would be Punk, 1493 01:21:28.079 --> 01:21:31.000 just because Punk already got pinned at SummerSlam this month. 1494 01:21:31.840 --> 01:21:34.119 But they went with Cem Punk, so at least La 1495 01:21:34.199 --> 01:21:36.520 Knight got spare. He lost on Raw Monday Night. It 1496 01:21:36.520 --> 01:21:38.920 would have been fucking terrible if he would have come 1497 01:21:38.960 --> 01:21:41.800 out here and got pinned again. I didn't expect him 1498 01:21:41.800 --> 01:21:44.640 to win the championship, but at least don't let the 1499 01:21:44.680 --> 01:21:49.000 guy take the losing fall again. Punk takes another l 1500 01:21:49.319 --> 01:21:52.399 from Seth Rawlins, which at this point it just feels 1501 01:21:52.439 --> 01:21:54.119 inevitable that he's going to be the one to beat 1502 01:21:54.199 --> 01:21:56.760 Rollins for the world champion. It just feels that way, right, 1503 01:21:57.560 --> 01:22:00.279 And maybe it doesn't have to be Rawlins, but it 1504 01:22:00.359 --> 01:22:03.439 is inevitable at this point that this man is going 1505 01:22:03.479 --> 01:22:07.560 to have to get his payoff from all of these 1506 01:22:07.560 --> 01:22:10.079 screw jobs and all of these losses. It probably will 1507 01:22:10.079 --> 01:22:14.159 come at WrestleMania. The match itself, some people might have 1508 01:22:14.239 --> 01:22:16.159 this as their match of the show or one of 1509 01:22:16.199 --> 01:22:20.239 the best matches in the show. The match was okay. 1510 01:22:20.520 --> 01:22:22.399 I was not a big fan of it. It didn't 1511 01:22:22.439 --> 01:22:26.079 do anything for me, I'm sorry, especially for like a 1512 01:22:26.119 --> 01:22:29.479 big pl main event. The crowd was quiet for large 1513 01:22:29.600 --> 01:22:32.359 portions of it, too, so there were definitely parts of 1514 01:22:32.359 --> 01:22:35.439 this match that the crowd sounded kind of kind of 1515 01:22:35.479 --> 01:22:38.880 bored by and it being the main event. That's not 1516 01:22:39.000 --> 01:22:41.479 obviously a great thing. It just never felt like it 1517 01:22:41.520 --> 01:22:46.359 got out of first gear for most of it. It 1518 01:22:46.399 --> 01:22:48.359 really should have been just Rollins against Punk if we're 1519 01:22:48.399 --> 01:22:50.680 being honest here, especially at Punk was going to be 1520 01:22:50.720 --> 01:22:53.880 the one to take the losing fall anyway, That's what 1521 01:22:53.920 --> 01:22:56.039 it should have been. Should have just gone ahead and 1522 01:22:56.079 --> 01:22:58.520 just done Seth Rollins against CM Punk and been done 1523 01:22:58.560 --> 01:23:00.880 with it, but they felt compelled to throw the other 1524 01:23:00.920 --> 01:23:05.079 two guys into it. I like the pairing of Becky 1525 01:23:05.119 --> 01:23:08.800 and Seth on TV. Obviously they make a good pair 1526 01:23:08.840 --> 01:23:11.800 off TV. The last time we saw them as an 1527 01:23:11.840 --> 01:23:15.279 on screen pairing, it was an absolute disaster and it 1528 01:23:15.359 --> 01:23:18.039 actually turned a lot of fans against them. The way 1529 01:23:18.039 --> 01:23:20.680 that Vince did it as baby Faces, it was so forced, 1530 01:23:20.680 --> 01:23:23.800 it was so corny. It just didn't work. This is different, 1531 01:23:24.239 --> 01:23:27.800 you know. Now they're heels. And I think that Becky, 1532 01:23:27.840 --> 01:23:30.319 if she were to become a regular part of this faction. 1533 01:23:31.760 --> 01:23:34.000 And when I say regular, I mean just a regular 1534 01:23:34.079 --> 01:23:36.359 member going forward, you know, as long as the vision 1535 01:23:36.640 --> 01:23:38.680 is a thing, she should be part of the group. 1536 01:23:39.760 --> 01:23:41.560 I like that idea. I would be okay with that 1537 01:23:41.640 --> 01:23:44.239 I think I would add Becky Lynch as a permanent 1538 01:23:44.239 --> 01:23:47.399 member of this group. Whether she stays a permanent member 1539 01:23:47.479 --> 01:23:49.119 or not remains to be seen. But one thing is 1540 01:23:49.239 --> 01:23:53.039 very clear. When Punk came out to the ring, it 1541 01:23:53.119 --> 01:23:56.000 was audible, you know. He mentioned April, and he mentioned 1542 01:23:56.079 --> 01:23:59.600 Larry Right doing this for you and bringing the gold home. 1543 01:24:00.439 --> 01:24:02.359 And then towards the end of the match, when Seth 1544 01:24:02.479 --> 01:24:04.960 was just completely frustrated and just he stomped him and 1545 01:24:04.960 --> 01:24:06.880 Punk kicked out and he couldn't beat this guy, he 1546 01:24:06.920 --> 01:24:09.079 starts going off about I hate you and I hate 1547 01:24:09.079 --> 01:24:12.279 your family, and then the very next thing we see 1548 01:24:12.279 --> 01:24:14.920 is Seth's family, his wife come out to save the day, 1549 01:24:15.920 --> 01:24:19.279 and Punk ends up getting screwed yet again, as he 1550 01:24:19.319 --> 01:24:22.600 was at WrestleMania, as he was at summerslim fucked over 1551 01:24:22.720 --> 01:24:28.680 again by Seth Rawlins And without telling you, they basically 1552 01:24:28.760 --> 01:24:32.000 want you to believe that this is going to pave 1553 01:24:32.039 --> 01:24:34.199 the way for the return of aj Lee, because how 1554 01:24:34.279 --> 01:24:37.960 could it not. How could any rational person watching this 1555 01:24:38.680 --> 01:24:42.039 not think, hey, maybe this means that aj Lee is 1556 01:24:42.079 --> 01:24:45.840 coming back. So if ever, there was a time where 1557 01:24:45.880 --> 01:24:49.399 it felt like, holy shit, this might really happen, because 1558 01:24:49.439 --> 01:24:51.319 aj Lee has a lot of fans out there who 1559 01:24:51.359 --> 01:24:53.319 have been dying to see her come back to WWE 1560 01:24:53.359 --> 01:24:56.079 for a very long time. So it may not mean 1561 01:24:56.159 --> 01:24:58.279 something to you, or it might. But even if it 1562 01:24:58.279 --> 01:25:01.279 doesn't mean something to you, if she was to come back, 1563 01:25:01.319 --> 01:25:03.279 if they hit her music and she was to come back, 1564 01:25:03.560 --> 01:25:06.760 that would be a big fucking deal. And I don't 1565 01:25:06.760 --> 01:25:09.600 think that they would tease it this much and do 1566 01:25:09.760 --> 01:25:12.439 something that would make it so obvious in people's heads 1567 01:25:12.439 --> 01:25:16.600 that hey, we might actually get this without actually doing it, 1568 01:25:16.800 --> 01:25:19.920 because that would that would just be mean. Okay, that 1569 01:25:19.960 --> 01:25:22.359 would just be a mean thing to do. And it's 1570 01:25:22.359 --> 01:25:25.520 one thing if AJ just doesn't want to come back. 1571 01:25:26.520 --> 01:25:28.359 Up to this point, she hasn't wanted to come back, 1572 01:25:28.520 --> 01:25:29.680 or else she would have been back by now, we 1573 01:25:29.680 --> 01:25:31.279 would have seen her in the Royal Rumble one of 1574 01:25:31.319 --> 01:25:34.439 these years. But to do it in the way they 1575 01:25:34.439 --> 01:25:37.000 did it, it seems pretty obvious to me that there's 1576 01:25:37.039 --> 01:25:38.680 a very good chance we're going to get her back. 1577 01:25:39.000 --> 01:25:40.720 And then you could do a mixed tag match, you know, 1578 01:25:40.760 --> 01:25:42.840 you could do Seth and Becky against Punk and AJ. 1579 01:25:43.960 --> 01:25:45.520 You know, I don't know, I don't know when I mean, 1580 01:25:45.840 --> 01:25:47.960 they got a ple coming up in a few weeks, 1581 01:25:48.000 --> 01:25:49.960 you know, Wrestle Palusa, because I was thinking about this, 1582 01:25:50.119 --> 01:25:54.399 like Seth is gonna win here, who does he defend against? Next? 1583 01:25:55.199 --> 01:25:57.359 Do you just you stick with Punk? How long are 1584 01:25:57.399 --> 01:26:00.479 you gonna do this for? I would get away from 1585 01:26:00.479 --> 01:26:03.079 it for a while and then circle back around to 1586 01:26:03.119 --> 01:26:05.039 it if that's the plan, Let's say for the Rumble 1587 01:26:05.239 --> 01:26:08.520 or for WrestleMania. You can't just do Seth in Punk 1588 01:26:08.560 --> 01:26:11.640 every fucking month for the rest of the year. So 1589 01:26:11.800 --> 01:26:14.760 if not Punk, and they've already done jay Us, so 1590 01:26:14.800 --> 01:26:18.319 they've already done l a Night, Well, then who else? Right? 1591 01:26:18.640 --> 01:26:22.279 Aj Styles is fighting for the Intercontinental title, He's challenging 1592 01:26:22.319 --> 01:26:25.520 Dom tomorrow for the championship, so it's not gonna be him. 1593 01:26:26.039 --> 01:26:29.359 There's no other obvious person, you know, Gunther's still out 1594 01:26:29.359 --> 01:26:32.439 gun there's a heel anyway, but Gunther's out right. He 1595 01:26:32.880 --> 01:26:36.319 had that nasal injury or whatever it was. So it's 1596 01:26:36.359 --> 01:26:39.800 just it's not obvious to me who that next you 1597 01:26:39.840 --> 01:26:42.720 know person is gonna be anyway, So like, what match 1598 01:26:42.800 --> 01:26:45.359 do you do with Seth? Well, maybe he doesn't defend 1599 01:26:45.359 --> 01:26:47.880 the championship at all. Maybe that's how we get a 1600 01:26:47.920 --> 01:26:50.920 tag team match. It would make sense, and it would 1601 01:26:50.960 --> 01:26:53.119 be a very big attraction that they could put up, because, look, 1602 01:26:53.119 --> 01:26:55.319 they're going to load up that first ESPN show. It's 1603 01:26:55.359 --> 01:26:57.039 not just Brock and seeing it. They're gonna want to 1604 01:26:57.039 --> 01:27:00.239 come up with as many attractions as they can. Shock 1605 01:27:00.319 --> 01:27:02.119 me if we find out I'm Raw tomorrow night that 1606 01:27:02.159 --> 01:27:05.319 we're not gonna get a new women's champion crowned until 1607 01:27:05.359 --> 01:27:07.520 September twenty. They may put it off until then for 1608 01:27:07.560 --> 01:27:10.720 all we know. So they're gonna want to load that 1609 01:27:10.760 --> 01:27:15.479 first ESPN show up as much as possible. Are we 1610 01:27:15.520 --> 01:27:18.680 looking at a brock lesnar return and an aj Lee 1611 01:27:18.760 --> 01:27:22.399 return on the same show? Very possible. But I like 1612 01:27:22.520 --> 01:27:25.159 the Parry, I like the pairing, and look, Paul Hayman 1613 01:27:25.239 --> 01:27:28.600 if he's in the hospital. I don't think having Becky 1614 01:27:28.720 --> 01:27:31.880 is as one of the de facto mouthpieces of this 1615 01:27:31.960 --> 01:27:34.960 new group is a bad idea. I know she got 1616 01:27:34.960 --> 01:27:38.520 herself in some trouble on Monday with the Ozzy Osbourne comments. 1617 01:27:39.399 --> 01:27:41.279 I mean I wasn't offended by it. I didn't really 1618 01:27:41.319 --> 01:27:44.680 see what the big deal was. I by and large 1619 01:27:45.079 --> 01:27:48.039 liked the work you know that Becky has done since 1620 01:27:48.039 --> 01:27:51.199 she's come back, so I'm in favor of aating her 1621 01:27:51.199 --> 01:27:54.640 to the group and we'll see what happens as far 1622 01:27:54.640 --> 01:27:56.479 as the aj Lee stuff is concerned. But for me, 1623 01:27:56.560 --> 01:27:59.239 this was a two match show, not the main event. 1624 01:28:00.039 --> 01:28:02.960 On seeing a Logan Paul, Seamus and Russev. Those are 1625 01:28:02.960 --> 01:28:06.119 the two best matches on the show. Everything else to 1626 01:28:06.199 --> 01:28:11.680 me pretty average stuff. The Peacock era of PLS ends 1627 01:28:12.439 --> 01:28:16.119 with a pretty solid thumbs in the middle effort. If 1628 01:28:16.119 --> 01:28:17.880 I had to classify it one way or the other, 1629 01:28:18.680 --> 01:28:20.399 for me, it would be somewhere in the middle. Let's 1630 01:28:20.439 --> 01:28:22.199 take a look at the Twitter pole though, see what 1631 01:28:22.239 --> 01:28:26.199 you guys think. Report card style, ABC and D. What 1632 01:28:26.319 --> 01:28:29.960 did you think of Clash in Paris? Twenty six point 1633 01:28:30.039 --> 01:28:33.920 five percent thumbs I'm still doing thumbs Twenty six point 1634 01:28:33.920 --> 01:28:37.520 five percent give it an A grade, forty four percent 1635 01:28:37.560 --> 01:28:40.119 give it a B, seventeen percent give it a C, 1636 01:28:41.399 --> 01:28:45.000 and twelve percent give it a D. That is with 1637 01:28:45.359 --> 01:28:47.520 seventeen hundred votes in count. 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I don't know who that name is. 1687 01:31:45.680 --> 01:31:48.920 Let's go through your super chats here. I see we're 1688 01:31:49.239 --> 01:31:52.760 eight out of fifteen on the bonus goal in the chat. 1689 01:31:58.159 --> 01:32:02.640 Oh Man Clash in Paris coming to the end very quickly. 1690 01:32:02.680 --> 01:32:06.560 Of these international shows. We have a two pm start 1691 01:32:06.560 --> 01:32:09.359 time Eastern for RAW tomorrow. Just be aware of that. 1692 01:32:09.439 --> 01:32:12.520 I'll be live at eight just like I was tonight 1693 01:32:12.560 --> 01:32:15.039 eight pm Eastern for the Raw review. But after that 1694 01:32:15.079 --> 01:32:19.720 we're back to normal. They're back on US soil, so 1695 01:32:19.800 --> 01:32:22.079 it'll be back to normal. As far as the scheduling 1696 01:32:22.079 --> 01:32:24.960 of these shows, it was both of them too, was 1697 01:32:25.119 --> 01:32:28.159 WWE and AW. They went international around the same time. 1698 01:32:30.880 --> 01:32:34.039 First one that came in first few super chats from 1699 01:32:34.079 --> 01:32:38.199 our friend Dried Chicken Without Flavor says he was watching 1700 01:32:38.239 --> 01:32:42.560 AW Collision over Clash in Paris today, says, by the way, 1701 01:32:42.800 --> 01:32:45.720 FTR wanted all of the smoke with the Philly crowd, 1702 01:32:45.960 --> 01:32:53.960 old school heel heat Becky Lynch tells everyone you're here, 1703 01:32:54.039 --> 01:32:56.199 There's nothing I fear, and I know that my heart 1704 01:32:56.199 --> 01:32:59.039 will go on the vision, and Paul Hayman joins in 1705 01:32:59.079 --> 01:33:01.560 and also tells everyone one will stay forever this way, 1706 01:33:02.399 --> 01:33:04.800 safe in our heart. A little Selene Dion, I see, 1707 01:33:05.079 --> 01:33:09.680 really a little Celeine Dion for Terrible dry Chicken. Did 1708 01:33:09.840 --> 01:33:13.960 Night Punk and Jay beat up Rawlins? He asked before 1709 01:33:13.960 --> 01:33:17.960 the main event even went on. They did, but not enough, apparently, 1710 01:33:18.000 --> 01:33:23.359 because they were still unable to win completely inept they 1711 01:33:23.399 --> 01:33:27.359 went after each other too much, and they softened each 1712 01:33:27.399 --> 01:33:29.680 other up just enough for seth Rawlins to pull out 1713 01:33:29.720 --> 01:33:35.640 the win. Never learned their lesson. Holliday won ninety seven, 1714 01:33:35.720 --> 01:33:38.720 says Hey Solo, hope they give Balor another world title 1715 01:33:38.800 --> 01:33:40.880 run in the next year or so. It's crazy that 1716 01:33:40.920 --> 01:33:42.840 he never held the gold since his one day reign 1717 01:33:42.880 --> 01:33:46.560 in twenty sixteen. People would say the same thing about 1718 01:33:46.600 --> 01:33:51.920 Kevin Owens. The only reason Kevin Owens even had that 1719 01:33:52.000 --> 01:33:55.600 run was because Balor got hurt. Do I think Balor's 1720 01:33:55.600 --> 01:33:57.279 getting the world title run in the next year. I 1721 01:33:57.319 --> 01:34:06.159 don't Dry Chicken says, uh boy, he's just singing to himself. 1722 01:34:08.239 --> 01:34:10.800 Becky Lynch told Seth Rollins, because I'm your lady and 1723 01:34:10.840 --> 01:34:13.720 you are my man, whenever you reach for me, I'm 1724 01:34:13.720 --> 01:34:15.319 gonna do all that I can. You need to come 1725 01:34:15.399 --> 01:34:18.479 up with some questions, brother, That's what you need to do. 1726 01:34:20.439 --> 01:34:23.560 Robbie h La Night is the second winningest superstar in 1727 01:34:23.600 --> 01:34:27.039 twenty twenty five. Hard to believe the way he is booked. 1728 01:34:29.039 --> 01:34:32.520 Is that a real stat he's the winningest superstar in 1729 01:34:32.520 --> 01:34:35.279 twenty twenty five? He has nothing to show for it. 1730 01:34:42.399 --> 01:34:47.399 Seth officially has his Stephanie McMahon Helmsley. They're gonna call 1731 01:34:47.439 --> 01:34:54.920 it the man's vision. I bet the man's vision. I 1732 01:34:54.920 --> 01:34:56.800 don't know. I mean again, I don't Whatever they call it, 1733 01:34:57.159 --> 01:34:59.159 they can call it. But I like the pairing. I 1734 01:34:59.239 --> 01:35:03.760 like adding heard to the faction full time. I'm for it. 1735 01:35:09.560 --> 01:35:16.399 I'm okay with it. Dry Chickens says, what do Puff 1736 01:35:16.479 --> 01:35:20.199 Daddy and Peppy Lapew have in common? Can't stop? Won't stop? 1737 01:35:20.760 --> 01:35:24.359 Pick one French fries, French toast or French kiss French fries, 1738 01:35:25.640 --> 01:35:30.279 Fuck everything else. Magnificent Matt says, have you seen any 1739 01:35:30.279 --> 01:35:33.239 of these great HBO shows Six Feet Under, Entourage or 1740 01:35:33.279 --> 01:35:39.039 Eastbound and Down. I've seen episodes of six Feet Under. 1741 01:35:39.079 --> 01:35:41.880 I never watched the entire series. The other two I 1742 01:35:41.920 --> 01:35:45.239 have not watched, although I will say I have not 1743 01:35:45.279 --> 01:35:49.119 seen Game of Thrones. I have not seen that one. 1744 01:35:49.600 --> 01:35:53.399 Venom Kitetsu Americano against Tonga Loa for the twenty four 1745 01:35:53.439 --> 01:35:56.039 to seven titles should main event WrestleMania would put butts 1746 01:35:56.079 --> 01:36:03.359 in seats and really move the needle well, more like 1747 01:36:03.760 --> 01:36:05.640 sticking the needle in the arm is more like it. 1748 01:36:07.199 --> 01:36:10.279 Arabian Night. WWE is going to continue this never ending 1749 01:36:10.319 --> 01:36:14.520 punkin Rollins feud until the Royal rumble. You say the 1750 01:36:14.600 --> 01:36:18.199 Royal rumble, I say probably WrestleMania. Also, five months in 1751 01:36:18.279 --> 01:36:21.479 and seven plees, Alistair Black still has not been on one. 1752 01:36:22.239 --> 01:36:26.560 Has his return been a bust so far? Yes it has. 1753 01:36:28.560 --> 01:36:31.119 I don't think that they're trying to bury him. I 1754 01:36:31.159 --> 01:36:35.960 think that they probably will push him soon to something 1755 01:36:36.000 --> 01:36:37.840 a little bit more. But so far, yes, it's been 1756 01:36:37.880 --> 01:36:45.439 a bust. Bender mc simpson, whoever created the logo for 1757 01:36:45.479 --> 01:36:48.239 this pay per view, should be fired. How do you 1758 01:36:48.279 --> 01:36:50.840 not have the Eiffel Tower as either the L or 1759 01:36:50.880 --> 01:36:55.119 the A in Clash in Paris, they should have had 1760 01:36:55.159 --> 01:36:58.199 you as the designer. I didn't like the I didn't 1761 01:36:58.239 --> 01:37:00.319 like the overall artwork for this show to be in with. 1762 01:37:01.560 --> 01:37:05.159 I know what they were going for, but I think 1763 01:37:05.199 --> 01:37:07.399 it's some of the weakest they've had all year. Honestly, 1764 01:37:08.880 --> 01:37:10.760 I don't know. I just don't find it to be 1765 01:37:10.840 --> 01:37:17.680 visually appealing. Corey Blake with the ten dollars, super chat, Hey, 1766 01:37:17.720 --> 01:37:20.399 Solom monster, awesome job as always. We all know montees 1767 01:37:20.479 --> 01:37:23.319 Ford has top singles written over him, but I think 1768 01:37:23.439 --> 01:37:26.560 monster heel version of Dawkins can work as well. What 1769 01:37:26.600 --> 01:37:30.960 are your thoughts? I think that out of a monster heel, 1770 01:37:31.039 --> 01:37:34.039 I think heal version of Dawkins can work. That's he's 1771 01:37:34.039 --> 01:37:37.399 not a top heel. He's not a top heel. But 1772 01:37:37.479 --> 01:37:40.039 I think a heel version of Angelo Dawkins could work. Yes, 1773 01:37:40.159 --> 01:37:49.800 I do. We've got Prince Vegeta. They should have had 1774 01:37:49.800 --> 01:37:53.000 Shamus win that match. Russev barely gets a reaction. His 1775 01:37:53.039 --> 01:37:56.159 return has been a flop. Him and Alistair Black both. 1776 01:37:56.600 --> 01:37:59.119 I hope Seamus wins the IC title. Don't know if 1777 01:37:59.199 --> 01:38:02.199 the h Man do it. The h man will do it. 1778 01:38:02.239 --> 01:38:04.600 I think they're well aware of the fact that that's 1779 01:38:05.199 --> 01:38:07.760 something that needs to happen at some point, but they're 1780 01:38:07.760 --> 01:38:09.359 just gonna take their time with it. I mean, that 1781 01:38:09.359 --> 01:38:14.199 could be a WrestleMania moment. I don't see it happening soon, 1782 01:38:14.279 --> 01:38:17.079 but it could be a WrestleMania forty two, WrestleMania forty 1783 01:38:17.119 --> 01:38:24.880 three moment. It'll happen. I have faith it'll happen. I mean, 1784 01:38:24.920 --> 01:38:29.199 that story is just such a slam dunk, such a layup. 1785 01:38:32.319 --> 01:38:35.680 Bender says Logan gave Seena his best match in years. 1786 01:38:35.720 --> 01:38:37.600 It should have been five to ten minutes shorter. I 1787 01:38:37.640 --> 01:38:42.640 hate that they didn't mention Seena hitting the end of days. Yeah, 1788 01:38:42.640 --> 01:38:44.840 I mean, I enjoyed the match with Cody More. I 1789 01:38:44.880 --> 01:38:48.079 thought that was the better match, but it was still excellent, 1790 01:38:52.640 --> 01:39:01.560 still a great match. Jeremy Rose in my voice, thank 1791 01:39:02.079 --> 01:39:12.800 god Nicky didn't win. Thank god Nicky did not win. 1792 01:39:15.880 --> 01:39:19.520 Bender Mick Simpson also, let's go Phillies. Yes, let's go 1793 01:39:19.560 --> 01:39:23.640 into the wood Chipper. I agree. Jeremy Roe says, Nicky 1794 01:39:23.680 --> 01:39:26.159 thinks she's the Hogan of women's wrestling in terms of 1795 01:39:26.199 --> 01:39:29.800 popularizing it. Trailblazing or whatever term they like to use. 1796 01:39:29.840 --> 01:39:32.840 But she has no impact then or now and needs 1797 01:39:32.880 --> 01:39:36.159 to go away. Please. So Jeremy is no fan of 1798 01:39:36.239 --> 01:39:41.079 Nicky Bella? What about Bree You're a fan of Brie Bella. 1799 01:39:41.720 --> 01:39:46.199 You're a fan of Bree Cheese, Michael Games, Wrestle Palooza 1800 01:39:46.359 --> 01:39:49.920 or Survivor series, Seth and Becky against punkin a j book, 1801 01:39:49.960 --> 01:39:55.199 It guaranteed feels like it feels like it. But I 1802 01:39:55.439 --> 01:39:57.479 think they're gonna want to load up that first ESPN 1803 01:39:57.520 --> 01:40:00.319 show as much as possible. That would be one way 1804 01:40:00.319 --> 01:40:02.760 to do it. Do you want to have attractions on 1805 01:40:02.760 --> 01:40:05.119 that show? I mean seeing a brock is already an attraction, 1806 01:40:06.000 --> 01:40:11.079 you know, for some not for everybody. That would certainly 1807 01:40:11.079 --> 01:40:14.359 be one that you could add to the lineup. Alexander 1808 01:40:14.399 --> 01:40:16.960 with the nine to ninety nine, you would think all 1809 01:40:17.000 --> 01:40:19.199 the shit that Roxanne went through with her stalker, the 1810 01:40:19.319 --> 01:40:23.720 wwe would have had the girls surrounded by security. Wwe 1811 01:40:23.760 --> 01:40:27.800 should be held responsible if something bad happens. I just 1812 01:40:27.840 --> 01:40:33.199 think they need to, you know, look very closely what's 1813 01:40:33.199 --> 01:40:38.159 been going on, and at least for certain people, take 1814 01:40:38.279 --> 01:40:40.359 the necessary measures to protect them when they're on the 1815 01:40:40.439 --> 01:40:44.279 rug for a company that is making money hand over 1816 01:40:44.359 --> 01:40:46.520 fucking fist in the way that they are making more 1817 01:40:46.600 --> 01:40:49.720 money now than they've ever made before. They can afford it, 1818 01:40:51.279 --> 01:40:54.960 Boomerang with all that TKO money, there's no excuse giving 1819 01:40:55.000 --> 01:40:57.920 their star. There you go, giving their star security detail 1820 01:40:58.000 --> 01:41:00.840 everywhere from the airports to walking the stre like these 1821 01:41:00.880 --> 01:41:08.119 big time musicians get. You'll never see this with Beyonce, yeah, 1822 01:41:08.720 --> 01:41:12.760 or Taylor Swift. They mentioned her tonight too. They mentioned 1823 01:41:12.800 --> 01:41:15.600 the fact that they topped the gate record in that building. 1824 01:41:15.640 --> 01:41:21.520 They topped Taylor Swift last year, and everybody cheered, yay, 1825 01:41:23.239 --> 01:41:26.479 we did that, little baby fire pan to thirty five 1826 01:41:26.479 --> 01:41:28.840 months of membership. There is a cover of Brave's theme 1827 01:41:29.039 --> 01:41:33.239 Live in Fear by Suplex Sound. Give it a listen. 1828 01:41:33.319 --> 01:41:35.840 It's very, very good. I can't believe it's been two 1829 01:41:35.920 --> 01:41:40.680 years since Bray died. It has been too It doesn't 1830 01:41:40.720 --> 01:41:44.199 feel like two years, does it, But it has been 1831 01:41:44.199 --> 01:41:49.279 two years. It's crazy, Alexander. On top of everything, Rhea 1832 01:41:49.359 --> 01:41:52.000 admitted on Chris van Vliet that she has anxiety with 1833 01:41:52.159 --> 01:41:54.880 large crowds surrounding her not too long ago, and then 1834 01:41:54.920 --> 01:41:59.920 this video happens. Yeah, I mean they're just they're tempting 1835 01:42:00.319 --> 01:42:03.520 by not taking some sort of action. Rhea is truly 1836 01:42:03.600 --> 01:42:08.680 one of the biggest stars in the entire company. I mean, 1837 01:42:08.680 --> 01:42:11.399 there's no reason that there should not be some security 1838 01:42:11.439 --> 01:42:15.000 detail with her at all times when she's just sort 1839 01:42:15.039 --> 01:42:19.680 of out and about like that. Jack Davis almost four 1840 01:42:19.680 --> 01:42:22.680 hours for six matches. Thank god they don't do ten 1841 01:42:22.720 --> 01:42:28.800 to twelve like aw, yeah, thank god for that. GMB. 1842 01:42:30.199 --> 01:42:34.600 What fascinates you about a tes Bianca heel pairing. I 1843 01:42:34.640 --> 01:42:39.520 just think they both have a really good heel run 1844 01:42:39.680 --> 01:42:42.560 in them, and putting them together as sort of this 1845 01:42:42.760 --> 01:42:47.960 heel power couple I think could work. I mean I've 1846 01:42:48.000 --> 01:42:50.399 been saying that for years. It's not like a new thing. 1847 01:42:50.479 --> 01:42:54.039 I've said this before. I just think it could really 1848 01:42:54.399 --> 01:42:55.840 I think it could work. I think they would play 1849 01:42:55.880 --> 01:42:58.960 off each other very well, and I think it could work. 1850 01:43:01.079 --> 01:43:02.560 And if they do it and it doesn't, I'll be 1851 01:43:02.600 --> 01:43:04.039 the first to admit that I was wrong. But I 1852 01:43:04.079 --> 01:43:07.760 think it could work. Uh. Nash DTV. After last week's 1853 01:43:07.760 --> 01:43:11.840 Sound of I checked out your Michael Jackson rant. Now 1854 01:43:11.840 --> 01:43:15.520 you're going back in the vault. Huh you're going back 1855 01:43:15.560 --> 01:43:19.479 aways with that one? You're Michael Jackson rant avoided for 1856 01:43:20.000 --> 01:43:25.520 years as a big MJ fan. I don't agree with 1857 01:43:25.560 --> 01:43:29.000 all points, but I found it quite fair. Yeah, I 1858 01:43:29.039 --> 01:43:30.960 mean you found it quite fair because it's less of 1859 01:43:30.960 --> 01:43:35.000 a might it's not. Really. It's kind of wrong, frankly 1860 01:43:35.079 --> 01:43:37.199 for people to call it a Michael Jackson rant. It's 1861 01:43:37.279 --> 01:43:39.880 less of Michael Jackson rant and more rant about the 1862 01:43:39.920 --> 01:43:43.039 media coverage and the media circus around his death. That's 1863 01:43:43.039 --> 01:43:46.239 really what it was about. Everyone said, oh, it's Michael 1864 01:43:46.279 --> 01:43:50.960 Jackson rant. It's really not. You actually listen to it. 1865 01:43:53.239 --> 01:43:55.439 The real cso too. To me, it's crazy. They haven't 1866 01:43:55.479 --> 01:43:58.920 named Logan's buckshot lariat the pall shot lariat. It's right there, 1867 01:43:59.000 --> 01:44:08.760 the pall Shot. I'm sorry, brother, that's a terrible name. Sorry, 1868 01:44:09.359 --> 01:44:13.560 Libido Bell, thank you for the twenty five. I was 1869 01:44:13.600 --> 01:44:17.640 gifted a crochet squid from a beautiful coworker with a 1870 01:44:17.640 --> 01:44:21.920 pink afro. She made it herself, spent five hours on it. 1871 01:44:23.119 --> 01:44:26.840 Showed my gratitude. Didn't secure the digits. I hope I 1872 01:44:26.880 --> 01:44:33.600 didn't fumble. I loved this squid. Maybe she's playing a 1873 01:44:33.600 --> 01:44:40.800 game with you. Maybe she's playing a squid game. Very possible. 1874 01:44:41.199 --> 01:44:50.079 I'm just saying bass Bear as Seamus gave Russev ten beats, 1875 01:44:50.119 --> 01:44:53.319 his back was all beat was beat red. He posted 1876 01:44:53.319 --> 01:44:57.600 a picture online of the aftermath. He was all bruised 1877 01:44:57.680 --> 01:45:03.359 up right Chicken coming in with another super chat here. 1878 01:45:05.000 --> 01:45:08.399 If aj Lee declines the return wwe will be pretty 1879 01:45:08.399 --> 01:45:11.399 tempted to get Nicky Bella involved in the Punk Rollins feud. 1880 01:45:11.439 --> 01:45:17.039 Since Becky Lynch is involved, that is a terrible idea 1881 01:45:17.079 --> 01:45:24.119 that I hope you did not just will into existence. Man. 1882 01:45:24.159 --> 01:45:28.840 That's you know, that is very possible, and that would 1883 01:45:28.840 --> 01:45:33.720 be awful. That would be awful. We need to be 1884 01:45:33.840 --> 01:45:36.000 done with the Becky Lynch and the Nicky Bella stuff. 1885 01:45:36.359 --> 01:45:38.840 You want to get one stipulation match out of it 1886 01:45:38.880 --> 01:45:40.640 on TV, be my guest, and then that needs to 1887 01:45:40.640 --> 01:45:43.760 be the end of it. Bass Beer is god of seduction. 1888 01:45:43.920 --> 01:45:49.560 Who wins in a shoot? Rajah Jackson or Psycho Sid. 1889 01:45:51.359 --> 01:45:55.239 Psycho Sid Sid has his squeegee, so I think he'll 1890 01:45:55.239 --> 01:46:00.760 be okay. Hoffman Entertainment Happy thirty third anniversary too. I'm fooked, Brett, 1891 01:46:00.920 --> 01:46:08.840 I'm fuked. Yes. Summerslim In nineteen ninety two, Wembley Stadium, 1892 01:46:10.359 --> 01:46:13.960 Bass Bears, Saint Matt Clark welcome to the channel. Got 1893 01:46:13.960 --> 01:46:17.479 a bunch of new subs to welcome bass Bears, says 1894 01:46:17.560 --> 01:46:20.319 Slim Bronson. Reed. Yeah, ever since he came back, he's 1895 01:46:20.439 --> 01:46:23.439 noticeably slim down. Good for him. It's it's gonna be 1896 01:46:23.439 --> 01:46:26.359 better for that ankle. You know. He has said the 1897 01:46:26.399 --> 01:46:28.239 ankle is never going to be one hundred percent again. 1898 01:46:28.239 --> 01:46:31.079 He will never have full mobility in the ankle that 1899 01:46:31.159 --> 01:46:34.520 he broke, and he says he's in pain every day, 1900 01:46:35.880 --> 01:46:37.600 but when he's out there in the ring, he kind 1901 01:46:37.600 --> 01:46:40.760 of forgets about it, gets in the mindset, he gets 1902 01:46:40.760 --> 01:46:44.319 in the zone and it hasn't affected his performance in ring. 1903 01:46:45.520 --> 01:46:48.239 But yeah, that ankle that he broke coming off the 1904 01:46:48.239 --> 01:46:50.439 top of the cage and wargames, it'll it'll never be 1905 01:46:50.479 --> 01:46:56.560 the same again. Prince Vegeta, with twenty two months of membership, says, 1906 01:46:56.640 --> 01:46:59.479 apparently there has been no world champions in WWE born 1907 01:46:59.520 --> 01:47:02.319 in the ninety Ever, what do you think will be 1908 01:47:02.359 --> 01:47:06.760 the first one? Not saying bron Breaker, Well I was 1909 01:47:06.760 --> 01:47:09.560 gonna say bron Breakers, So there you go. You can't 1910 01:47:09.600 --> 01:47:12.000 say not bron breaker. You can't take away answers the 1911 01:47:12.039 --> 01:47:15.640 answer is bron Breaker. Well, I don't even know what 1912 01:47:15.720 --> 01:47:19.279 half these people were even born, like Roxanne Perez. Okay, 1913 01:47:20.279 --> 01:47:23.880 when was Roxanne Perez born? Was she born in the 1914 01:47:23.960 --> 01:47:26.079 early two thousands or was she born She probably born 1915 01:47:26.119 --> 01:47:32.159 in the early two thousands, right, Yeah, I don't know. 1916 01:47:32.880 --> 01:47:39.159 I don't know, man, Libido Bell. What's Jesse Sailor Moonstar 1917 01:47:39.880 --> 01:47:44.680 doing in the Impact Zone? I have no idea who 1918 01:47:44.680 --> 01:47:49.319 that is, or rather, I have no idea who that's 1919 01:47:49.399 --> 01:47:55.399 In reference to Venom Cantetsu canker, Oh my goodness, she's 1920 01:47:55.479 --> 01:48:03.279 back again. More Bella's more bellas Venom Kitetsu says he 1921 01:48:03.319 --> 01:48:06.439 has a canker sore on his left hansole, send help 1922 01:48:06.680 --> 01:48:11.439 and silver nitrate. I got a pair of scissors here, 1923 01:48:11.520 --> 01:48:13.239 I can. I can cut it out for you if 1924 01:48:13.279 --> 01:48:18.560 you want Mystic j forty four fans want her back, 1925 01:48:18.600 --> 01:48:20.880 wrestlers want her back, even her husband wants her back. 1926 01:48:20.960 --> 01:48:25.039 It feels like the only person that doesn't want AJ 1927 01:48:25.239 --> 01:48:28.399 back is AJ herself. Well, unfortunately for all the people 1928 01:48:28.399 --> 01:48:30.399 who want her back, that's the only person whose opinion 1929 01:48:30.439 --> 01:48:31.920 matters here. And if she doesn't want to come back, 1930 01:48:32.000 --> 01:48:35.199 she ain't coming back. Frankly, I could see her looking 1931 01:48:35.239 --> 01:48:38.279 at videos like Rhea Ripley being swarm by loser fans 1932 01:48:38.279 --> 01:48:40.199 outside and saying I don't want to come back to that. 1933 01:48:41.640 --> 01:48:43.520 Although I don't think Punk would allow that to happen. 1934 01:48:45.199 --> 01:48:47.960 I think Punk would would shield her from all the weirdos. 1935 01:48:48.840 --> 01:48:52.720 I think she'd be okay, uh, thank you, mystic Jay 1936 01:48:53.159 --> 01:48:55.600 bass Beera says, remember the fans who went after Seth 1937 01:48:55.640 --> 01:48:58.239 and Brett? Yes? I do. I remember that that fucking 1938 01:48:58.279 --> 01:48:59.960 idiot who attacked Brett Hart at the Hall of Fame. 1939 01:49:01.800 --> 01:49:04.560 I was actually sitting in Madison Square Garden watching the 1940 01:49:05.920 --> 01:49:09.199 fucking g One Supercard with New Japan and Ring of Honor, 1941 01:49:09.239 --> 01:49:12.119 and I'm looking on my phone. I'm like, Brett Hart attacked. 1942 01:49:13.279 --> 01:49:15.920 I felt like I was attacked. I was like, oh 1943 01:49:15.920 --> 01:49:18.079 my god, what do I need to do here? Who 1944 01:49:18.079 --> 01:49:23.760 do I need to go after? Brian Mahoney got a 1945 01:49:23.840 --> 01:49:26.239 name for Seth and Becky if she's in the Seth Riders. 1946 01:49:26.279 --> 01:49:29.760 I will never not call this faction that tragically unfashionable 1947 01:49:30.600 --> 01:49:36.319 or tragically fashionable, or tragically unfashionable. I think that works too. 1948 01:49:40.199 --> 01:49:44.199 Alex with the twenty five Brother solo Jericho. If Jericho 1949 01:49:44.279 --> 01:49:46.079 does come back, would you be interested in a feud 1950 01:49:46.119 --> 01:49:49.000 with Punk again? I thoroughly enjoyed their twenty twelve feud, 1951 01:49:49.039 --> 01:49:51.399 which became super personal. But did you think they're maybe 1952 01:49:51.399 --> 01:49:55.119 a twenty eight match under delivered? Yeah, I mean it's 1953 01:49:55.119 --> 01:49:56.960 not a favorite of mine. I think it was just 1954 01:49:57.039 --> 01:50:00.640 overshadowed by the main event and by the end of 1955 01:50:00.640 --> 01:50:05.239 an Ara hell in a Cell match, if I remember correctly, 1956 01:50:05.279 --> 01:50:07.640 I think they had a rematch at the next show 1957 01:50:07.800 --> 01:50:13.479 that was better. Same with Brian and Seamus. They had 1958 01:50:13.479 --> 01:50:16.560 that two out of three falls match that was obviously 1959 01:50:16.680 --> 01:50:20.239 much better than their twenty eight second eighteen second match. 1960 01:50:22.600 --> 01:50:25.880 Punk and Jericho again. You know, look, I think the 1961 01:50:25.960 --> 01:50:28.880 promos could potentially be interesting, but all the really interesting 1962 01:50:28.880 --> 01:50:32.439 stuff would just be, you know, stuff that they probably 1963 01:50:32.439 --> 01:50:36.079 wouldn't be allowed to say in reference to stuff that 1964 01:50:36.119 --> 01:50:41.520 happened in some other companies. So no, I'm not clamoring 1965 01:50:41.600 --> 01:50:44.520 for it. I'm really not at this point. I feel 1966 01:50:44.520 --> 01:50:46.520 like Jericho needs to be in the ring with somebody 1967 01:50:46.560 --> 01:50:50.840 who can assist in making him look as good as 1968 01:50:50.840 --> 01:50:53.199 he possibly can. I don't think Punk is that person. 1969 01:50:57.000 --> 01:51:01.520 Lavelle Gilliard well AJ returned be a one off or 1970 01:51:01.600 --> 01:51:04.199 one final run. We don't even know if she's coming 1971 01:51:04.239 --> 01:51:07.720 back for sure, but if she is, I imagine it's 1972 01:51:07.720 --> 01:51:11.720 probably for the purposes of this storyline, and you know, 1973 01:51:11.800 --> 01:51:15.359 beyond that, she might be in the Rumble. Do I 1974 01:51:15.399 --> 01:51:17.479 think it's like a full time run if she's back. No, 1975 01:51:17.600 --> 01:51:19.159 I don't think it's I don't think it's any kind 1976 01:51:19.159 --> 01:51:25.239 of like consistent run. But you know, it's like once 1977 01:51:25.319 --> 01:51:28.399 you make that first appearance, others will follow. So I 1978 01:51:28.399 --> 01:51:32.960 could see her being in the rumble, maybe having a 1979 01:51:32.960 --> 01:51:44.199 WrestleMania match. Dry Chicken says Obafemi. Deith Thrones seth rawlins Now. 1980 01:51:44.359 --> 01:51:46.279 I talked about Oba on the podcast and what I 1981 01:51:46.279 --> 01:51:48.000 would do with him. I would not rush him into 1982 01:51:48.000 --> 01:51:53.479 a World Championship. I think that's a mistake. I told 1983 01:51:53.479 --> 01:51:59.279 you what you need to do with Obafemi. Cameo. Johnson 1984 01:52:01.199 --> 01:52:06.479 with the four ninety nine says, is there ways the 1985 01:52:06.560 --> 01:52:09.800 WWE can better use all of their talent that they 1986 01:52:09.840 --> 01:52:12.800 have on hand. It's plenty that don't have anything going 1987 01:52:12.880 --> 01:52:16.279 on and are just never used. Yeah, it's called the 1988 01:52:16.359 --> 01:52:20.119 creative team doing a better job of rotating talent in 1989 01:52:20.199 --> 01:52:22.520 and out and coming up with ideas for the talent 1990 01:52:22.640 --> 01:52:27.399 that aren't doing anything. That's the easiest answer to your question. 1991 01:52:27.560 --> 01:52:33.800 The answer is yes, but that's on the creative team 1992 01:52:33.880 --> 01:52:37.479 and bass Veras says, Undertaker beat Triple h at WrestleMania 1993 01:52:37.600 --> 01:52:44.000 each time with a different finisher. Well their first match. 1994 01:52:44.520 --> 01:52:47.880 Their first match at WrestleMania seventeen, he used a last 1995 01:52:47.960 --> 01:52:52.159 Ride power bomb. Their second match at twenty seven, he 1996 01:52:52.199 --> 01:52:56.560 beat him with Hell's Gate. At twenty eight, he beat 1997 01:52:56.600 --> 01:53:01.840 him with a tombstone. So yes, all three of Undertaker's 1998 01:53:01.840 --> 01:53:04.000 finishers and he beat Triple Lights with each one of them. 1999 01:53:06.600 --> 01:53:13.279 That is true. We are currently sitting at five hundred 2000 01:53:13.359 --> 01:53:18.479 and sixty nine likes, nine out of fifteen on the 2001 01:53:18.479 --> 01:53:20.520 bonus goals, so we're only going to do the one round. 2002 01:53:21.039 --> 01:53:22.600 But we didn't do Be the Booker the other day 2003 01:53:22.600 --> 01:53:26.119 because I went early for SmackDown. It was an Express review, 2004 01:53:26.159 --> 01:53:28.479 it was in and out. But at least we're going 2005 01:53:28.520 --> 01:53:30.079 to get the one round in here. So let's go 2006 01:53:30.119 --> 01:53:34.520 ahead and be the Booker Paris edition. Ladies and gentlemen, 2007 01:53:34.840 --> 01:53:41.159 it is now time to be the Booker Clash in 2008 01:53:41.279 --> 01:53:48.800 Paris edition of Be the Booker, No Stipulations. I don't 2009 01:53:48.800 --> 01:53:53.119 know why that's open no stipulations tonight. That's only for 2010 01:53:53.199 --> 01:53:57.239 the bonus rounds. All right, feel like we haven't done 2011 01:53:57.239 --> 01:54:01.399 this in several days. Look at this. Robert needs his fix. 2012 01:54:02.039 --> 01:54:05.600 He needs his fix. He's got that vein. It's open. 2013 01:54:05.760 --> 01:54:08.239 He wants that be The booker injected, let's do it. 2014 01:54:09.720 --> 01:54:16.560 Choose two single stars to form a makeshift team. So 2015 01:54:16.560 --> 01:54:19.439 we're gonna have to make a fake team here. We 2016 01:54:19.520 --> 01:54:23.920 need real teams. We gotta make a makeshift team. Okay, 2017 01:54:24.479 --> 01:54:26.039 and that's what we have to do because that's what 2018 01:54:26.039 --> 01:54:27.880 the stipulations. And here I just said, we're not gonna 2019 01:54:27.920 --> 01:54:34.920 have stipulations. The first thing we land on is a stipulation. Okay. 2020 01:54:35.560 --> 01:54:43.039 Team number one member number one Eddie Guerrero, Latino Heat 2021 01:54:44.920 --> 01:54:51.680 and teaming with Eddie Guerrero will be Hook. Hook and 2022 01:54:51.840 --> 01:54:57.920 Eddie Guerrero are officially a tag team as an interesting team. 2023 01:54:59.680 --> 01:55:03.359 Quite know what to make of that team? That could work. 2024 01:55:04.119 --> 01:55:06.359 Just don't come out to Hook's new shitty music. Please 2025 01:55:06.479 --> 01:55:12.479 come out to Eddie's music. Please. Eddie Garrero and Hook 2026 01:55:12.680 --> 01:55:17.560 are going to take on the Nasty Boys. You know what. 2027 01:55:17.640 --> 01:55:19.479 I Am going to pick a stipulation for this. I 2028 01:55:19.520 --> 01:55:22.680 feel like this match needs a stipulation. I don't know, 2029 01:55:22.680 --> 01:55:24.479 I just feel that way. It's going to be a 2030 01:55:25.439 --> 01:55:32.720 going to be a molotov cocktail match. I'd pay money 2031 01:55:32.760 --> 01:55:36.000 to see that. Eddie Garrero and the Dudley and the 2032 01:55:36.279 --> 01:55:40.479 Nasty Boys and a Molotov cocktail match. That is a 2033 01:55:40.520 --> 01:55:44.479 real stipulation, by the way, from everyone's favorite game, AW, 2034 01:55:44.720 --> 01:55:50.039 Fight Forever. Is there anybody in the lobby like actually 2035 01:55:50.039 --> 01:55:52.520 playing Fight Forever anymore? I wonder how many people are 2036 01:55:52.520 --> 01:55:56.560 actually left playing the game? Is it in the double 2037 01:55:56.600 --> 01:56:03.680 digits or is it in single digits. We begin with Lana, 2038 01:56:05.239 --> 01:56:13.159 Happy Lana Day, everybody. I know what I'm pushing Lana 2039 01:56:13.720 --> 01:56:17.880 against the former Impact Knockouts champion Mickey James, and I 2040 01:56:17.960 --> 01:56:23.960 do love me some Mickey James, but this match was 2041 01:56:24.000 --> 01:56:33.439 doomed from the start. Sorry Mickey. Good old hardcore country. 2042 01:56:34.119 --> 01:56:36.720 All right, our main event of the evening, this is 2043 01:56:36.720 --> 01:56:42.840 how we end beat The booker Ed says, there are 2044 01:56:43.039 --> 01:56:49.600 six people playing Fight Forever on Steam right now. Six people, 2045 01:56:51.239 --> 01:56:53.840 So we have how many more people do we have? 2046 01:56:53.960 --> 01:56:59.880 We have about twelve hundred plus more than AW has 2047 01:57:00.159 --> 01:57:03.640 on Steam playing the game. All right, So here we go. 2048 01:57:04.680 --> 01:57:10.880 It is main event time. We have the Undertaker, Purple 2049 01:57:10.960 --> 01:57:15.520 Glove Undertaker. You gotta specify the time period of the 2050 01:57:15.600 --> 01:57:18.199 Undertaker that you're talking about. You have Great Glove Undertaker, 2051 01:57:18.439 --> 01:57:23.359 you have Purple Glove Undertaker, you have Ministry Undertaker, you 2052 01:57:23.439 --> 01:57:27.600 have American badass Undertaker, you have Big evil Undertaker, and 2053 01:57:27.720 --> 01:57:34.680 you had some hybrid mix of the two, you get 2054 01:57:34.720 --> 01:57:48.920 the fake Undertaker. The Undertaker against Yoko Zuna. It's a 2055 01:57:48.960 --> 01:57:52.159 guilty pleasure of mine. The Undertaker Yoko zu inafeud and 2056 01:57:52.199 --> 01:57:56.399 their matches are a guilty pleasure of mine. Now, funny enough, 2057 01:57:56.479 --> 01:58:01.079 Undertaker and yoko Zuna actually had two casket matches, and 2058 01:58:01.399 --> 01:58:04.680 I'm gonna go and do some stipulations here and see 2059 01:58:04.720 --> 01:58:07.399 if we might actually be able to land on casket 2060 01:58:07.399 --> 01:58:16.159 match Undertaker and Yoko Zuna in a lumberjack match. All right, 2061 01:58:16.199 --> 01:58:19.399 I'll still give it the bell, although lumberjack match is 2062 01:58:19.399 --> 01:58:25.560 not one of my favorite stipulations. Honestly, that second casket 2063 01:58:25.600 --> 01:58:27.800 match kind of turned into a lumberjack match if all 2064 01:58:27.800 --> 01:58:32.000 the lumberjacks were on yoko Zuna side, had about ten 2065 01:58:32.039 --> 01:58:37.359 different guys out there stuffing them inside that casket. But anyway, 2066 01:58:37.720 --> 01:58:43.279 there you go. There's your b the booker. Everybody bass beers, 2067 01:58:43.279 --> 01:58:50.640 says Mohawk, Undertaker. Oh yeah, that's right. That's among the 2068 01:58:51.119 --> 01:58:57.720 worst periods of the Undertaker was Mohawk Taker. Now we 2069 01:58:57.840 --> 01:59:02.640 have LFG Undertaker. Now we have Undertaker backstage assisting at 2070 01:59:02.640 --> 01:59:07.399 Triplemania Undertaker. We have Lucha Taker. That's his latest incarnation. 2071 01:59:10.199 --> 01:59:12.359 Chuck Norris was there. Yeah, Chuck Norris was there. That 2072 01:59:12.520 --> 01:59:18.640 was the second casket match Survivor Series ninety four. He 2073 01:59:18.760 --> 01:59:21.039 kicked Jeff Jarrett right in the face. Jeff Jarrett took 2074 01:59:21.039 --> 01:59:25.920 a bump for Chuck Norris. Yeah. If people wanted to 2075 01:59:25.920 --> 01:59:28.199 see an Undertaker and Sting match, maybe they got What 2076 01:59:28.279 --> 01:59:31.439 if they would have gotten Undertaker against against Vato's sting? 2077 01:59:33.079 --> 01:59:37.159 Would people have wanted to see Vatos sting against the Undertaker? 2078 01:59:37.439 --> 01:59:40.520 Bass Bevers says, could the Lumberjacks get Yoko in the ring? 2079 01:59:43.279 --> 01:59:46.640 Get him in the ring? Yeah, well, yeah, that's a 2080 01:59:47.039 --> 01:59:48.800 that's a tough question. I don't know. If he ends 2081 01:59:48.880 --> 01:59:51.359 up outside. The whole point of the Lumberjacks is to 2082 01:59:51.359 --> 01:59:53.640 throw people right back in the ring. They might not 2083 01:59:53.680 --> 01:59:57.359 be able to get him back in the ring. May's 2084 01:59:57.359 --> 02:00:01.560 the great Channel member for forty nine months solo. You 2085 02:00:01.720 --> 02:00:05.279 being a Mets fan, I'm sure you've heard get Mets 2086 02:00:05.319 --> 02:00:11.600 marized and it's cring cringly charming and sound like somebody 2087 02:00:11.640 --> 02:00:15.159 came up with that on drugs. Yeah, I think I 2088 02:00:15.199 --> 02:00:16.880 heard it once and that's I don't have to hear 2089 02:00:16.920 --> 02:00:20.760 it ever again. I'm more a fan of the old 2090 02:00:20.800 --> 02:00:27.159 school Mets song from the eighties. That's more my jam. 2091 02:00:27.279 --> 02:00:29.039 The less said about the Mets right now, the Better 2092 02:00:30.039 --> 02:00:32.279 just lost most of their games to the fucking Marlins. 2093 02:00:32.479 --> 02:00:35.760 They scored nineteen runs in one game and they couldn't 2094 02:00:35.760 --> 02:00:38.079 score hardly anything for the rest of the series. It's 2095 02:00:38.079 --> 02:00:40.960 like their entire quota of runs they wasted in one game, 2096 02:00:41.079 --> 02:00:45.399 so they had nothing left after that, they had nothing left. 2097 02:00:45.720 --> 02:00:50.319 It's just awful, but at least they'll get a wild 2098 02:00:50.319 --> 02:00:56.760 card spot. What was Yoko's heaviest weight while wrestling while 2099 02:00:56.800 --> 02:00:59.560 he was active. I think he was active right until 2100 02:00:59.560 --> 02:01:01.479 the very end, so I mean, the heaviest that I 2101 02:01:01.520 --> 02:01:05.399 heard of him being was about eight oh four. So 2102 02:01:05.479 --> 02:01:08.039 if he wasn't eight hundred, he was definitely somewhere in 2103 02:01:08.039 --> 02:01:12.079 that seven hundred range. But a lot of state athletic commissions, 2104 02:01:12.079 --> 02:01:14.479 like in New York just wouldn't allow him to wrestle 2105 02:01:14.560 --> 02:01:19.399 because how could you he was such a liability. I mean, 2106 02:01:19.439 --> 02:01:21.399 his weight was just out of control. And again, the 2107 02:01:21.439 --> 02:01:24.720 heart can only support so much. You know, there's just 2108 02:01:24.760 --> 02:01:29.039 a point in which the heart simply cannot function. Yeah, 2109 02:01:29.039 --> 02:01:32.159 I mean you've heard the stories of WWE sending him 2110 02:01:32.199 --> 02:01:35.000 Invader to a fat camp basically, or it was like 2111 02:01:35.039 --> 02:01:36.520 a weight loss center, but they called it like a 2112 02:01:36.520 --> 02:01:39.199 fat camp, and they would check in with him and 2113 02:01:39.199 --> 02:01:40.960 he'd be like, yeah, yeah, I'm losing weight. I lost 2114 02:01:40.960 --> 02:01:43.399 one hundred pounds and like, oh, that's great. Then they 2115 02:01:43.520 --> 02:01:46.560 found out like he was completely just k fabe and 2116 02:01:48.439 --> 02:01:51.399 just lying. He didn't lose anything. In fact, they caught 2117 02:01:51.479 --> 02:01:55.640 him Invaders smuggling or having people for them smuggle fried 2118 02:01:55.720 --> 02:01:59.079 chicken into the clinic so they could have fried chicken 2119 02:01:59.119 --> 02:02:02.000 every night. It's like they didn't lose anything. They actually 2120 02:02:02.039 --> 02:02:05.760 gained weight. They went to the Duke Weight Loss Center 2121 02:02:05.880 --> 02:02:07.720 to lose weight, and they actually came out of it 2122 02:02:07.800 --> 02:02:11.520 heavier than they were when they went in. You know, 2123 02:02:11.600 --> 02:02:13.840 I mean, these are grown adults. You can only do 2124 02:02:13.920 --> 02:02:15.560 so much. You can lead the horse to water, you 2125 02:02:15.600 --> 02:02:17.159 can't force it to drink if they don't want to 2126 02:02:17.199 --> 02:02:18.680 lose the weight and put the work and then they're 2127 02:02:18.680 --> 02:02:20.920 not going to But then you're going to have a 2128 02:02:20.960 --> 02:02:26.439 premature death. Unfortunately, that's what's gonna happen. People need to 2129 02:02:26.439 --> 02:02:32.119 make their own decisions. The Winston slip. Which matches made 2130 02:02:32.119 --> 02:02:37.239 the best use of the gimmick? What matches made the 2131 02:02:37.279 --> 02:02:40.880 best use of the gimmick? I mean, pick your favorite 2132 02:02:40.880 --> 02:02:45.079 stipulation matches, right, if you just answered your own question, 2133 02:02:47.319 --> 02:02:50.600 you know, wwe always had the escape out over the 2134 02:02:50.640 --> 02:02:53.279 top of the cage or through the door rule. To me, 2135 02:02:53.399 --> 02:02:59.520 Brett Nowen made the best use of it. I mean, 2136 02:02:59.520 --> 02:03:01.680 there's been so how many ladder matches. I mean, there's 2137 02:03:02.600 --> 02:03:05.159 there's so many choices. There's a lot of great ladder matches, 2138 02:03:05.199 --> 02:03:08.039 So I mean take your pick. I don't really have 2139 02:03:08.119 --> 02:03:12.760 like a favorite lumberjack match, honestly. You know, when it 2140 02:03:12.760 --> 02:03:15.159 comes to stuff like falls count anywhere, I think those 2141 02:03:15.199 --> 02:03:18.119 hardcore twenty four to seven matches back in the Attitude era, 2142 02:03:18.760 --> 02:03:22.520 they made the most of that stipulation. Like when Al 2143 02:03:22.560 --> 02:03:25.039 Snow and Bob Holly wrestled out of the arena into 2144 02:03:25.079 --> 02:03:29.199 the Mississippi River, I mean, how do you not love that? 2145 02:03:31.319 --> 02:03:34.039 Or when Al Snow and the Big Boss Men SummerSlam 2146 02:03:34.840 --> 02:03:38.119 I want to say Summer Slim ninety nine brawled out 2147 02:03:38.119 --> 02:03:41.880 of the building into the street, across the street, into 2148 02:03:41.960 --> 02:03:45.800 oncoming traffic into there was like a bar restaurant across 2149 02:03:45.840 --> 02:03:48.800 the street. They went embrawled in there. That's what a 2150 02:03:48.800 --> 02:03:51.399 false count anywhere match should be. You get a false 2151 02:03:51.399 --> 02:03:53.479 count anywhere a match of these days, they're fucking lame. 2152 02:03:53.640 --> 02:03:55.920 They don't take full advantage of the stipulation. They don't. 2153 02:03:56.119 --> 02:03:59.000 They don't have fun with it. Everything is just very sanitized. 2154 02:03:59.079 --> 02:04:04.680 And why even bother, why even bother having the stipulation 2155 02:04:04.760 --> 02:04:09.800 if you're not gonna have fun with it? Abystle Zones. 2156 02:04:10.560 --> 02:04:14.319 If late two thousands, Undertaker could wrestle the current roster, 2157 02:04:15.640 --> 02:04:18.800 who would you want to see him work with? Gunther? 2158 02:04:19.000 --> 02:04:22.239 Jacob Fought two and Logan come to mind. Logan Paul 2159 02:04:22.279 --> 02:04:24.399 would be a great opponent for Logan. Paul would be 2160 02:04:24.479 --> 02:04:28.399 bumping all over the place for him. Undertaker would love 2161 02:04:28.439 --> 02:04:30.800 to work with Gunther. He has said that that could 2162 02:04:30.840 --> 02:04:35.840 have been a WrestleMania match, So Undertaker and Gunther, Undertaker 2163 02:04:35.840 --> 02:04:39.760 and Jacob Fought two would be I mean, Undertaker love 2164 02:04:39.800 --> 02:04:42.840 working with the Samoans anyway. Look, Undertaker and Umaga would 2165 02:04:42.880 --> 02:04:44.640 have been a great match. It's kind of surprising we 2166 02:04:44.680 --> 02:04:48.439 never got an Undertaker Umaga program. I think those two 2167 02:04:48.439 --> 02:04:52.439 would have worked really well together. But yeah, Gunther Jacob Fatu, Logan, 2168 02:04:52.520 --> 02:04:59.520 Paul Seth Rollins. A proper match with aj styles I 2169 02:04:59.520 --> 02:05:02.439 think would have been fun. The Boneyard match was fun, 2170 02:05:02.479 --> 02:05:05.600 but they never had a real match inside a wrestling ring. 2171 02:05:07.960 --> 02:05:09.920 Didn't They wrestle in a ball pitch? Yeah? That was 2172 02:05:09.960 --> 02:05:13.439 when Crash Crash Holly was the twenty four to seven champ. 2173 02:05:14.760 --> 02:05:18.079 The guys would just follow him everywhere and they wrestled 2174 02:05:18.119 --> 02:05:21.840 in a place called fun Time USA here in Brooklyn. 2175 02:05:21.920 --> 02:05:26.720 It's not there anymore. There's a storage a storage facility 2176 02:05:26.760 --> 02:05:30.680 there now, but there used to be this. I mean 2177 02:05:30.720 --> 02:05:35.600 fun Time USA was basically it was two levels and 2178 02:05:35.680 --> 02:05:39.439 they had the you know, the hammer to test your strength. 2179 02:05:39.479 --> 02:05:43.239 They had the bumper cars. Upstairs is where all the 2180 02:05:43.399 --> 02:05:47.159 arcades were. They had tons of arcades and ski ball 2181 02:05:48.279 --> 02:05:51.439 and there was a giant super slide that connected the 2182 02:05:51.479 --> 02:05:54.279 top floor to the bottom floor. I rode that slide 2183 02:05:54.560 --> 02:05:58.560 many times. And so when you watch that segment back 2184 02:05:58.800 --> 02:06:01.199 from SmackDown where the head bangers are chasing him through 2185 02:06:01.239 --> 02:06:04.520 fun Time USA. That's where they start. Crash is playing 2186 02:06:04.560 --> 02:06:07.479 the arcades. The head Bangers attack and Crash goes down 2187 02:06:07.800 --> 02:06:11.720 the super slide and the ball pit is right there, 2188 02:06:12.600 --> 02:06:15.560 so yeah, they chase him through the airport. I think 2189 02:06:15.600 --> 02:06:22.560 Crash escaped through the baggage the baggage machine. It was fun. 2190 02:06:23.920 --> 02:06:27.279 It was fun. I missed that anyway, Thank you guys 2191 02:06:27.279 --> 02:06:29.359 for hanging out with me here on a Sunday night 2192 02:06:30.039 --> 02:06:33.319 for the final pl here for the month of August. 2193 02:06:34.199 --> 02:06:37.000 We do have a full podcast up almost two hours long, 2194 02:06:37.039 --> 02:06:39.279 episode nine to twenty seven, with a lot of content 2195 02:06:39.319 --> 02:06:41.039 in there. If you missed it, go back and check 2196 02:06:41.119 --> 02:06:44.319 that out. And the next time I'm with you live 2197 02:06:44.640 --> 02:06:46.840 is in less than twenty four hours. Even though it's 2198 02:06:46.920 --> 02:06:50.119 Labor Day, everybody should be off work. I'll be working. 2199 02:06:50.640 --> 02:06:53.520 We got raw at two o'clock in the afternoon, and 2200 02:06:53.560 --> 02:06:55.960 then I will be going live at eight o'clock eight 2201 02:06:55.960 --> 02:06:58.840 pm Eastern Time, a little earlier than usual for the 2202 02:06:59.000 --> 02:07:02.960 Raw Post Show. Anyway, go enjoy your day off if 2203 02:07:02.960 --> 02:07:05.199 you have one, and I will see you for the 2204 02:07:05.319 --> 02:07:09.039 Raw Post Show tomorrow right here on YouTube. Hit that 2205 02:07:09.159 --> 02:07:10.720 like button on your way out. Thank you for all 2206 02:07:10.760 --> 02:07:13.560 the support and We'll do it all over again tomorrow, 2207 02:07:13.600 --> 02:07:16.560 on September the first. Until then, take care, guys,